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a---- - & Of' Tiger 8 Hold Bucks to Tie; Details On Sport 8 Page Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 o. m. Temperature; Maximum 77 Minimum 44 ' Forecast: Clear tonight and Sunday. rTTTTTiTJiTil Mil I II 1 IfiTil I ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 13, 1945 FIVE CENTS ,ym Japairae Many Get Limit of Pheasants Eastern Oregon duck and pheasant hunters opened the upland u i r a ana migratory water lowl season tnis morn ing and before mid-morning manv ot them were bacK in town, some with glowing re ports and others disappoint' ed. Three pheasant hunters, Ron Walk, Ralph Jones and Ray WiV Hams, all of the high school, wore back in town by 8 a. m all hav ing shot the daily limit. Still others who returned by mid-afternoon reported much less luck. Bilds were quick to take cover once a few shots had been fired. Very few ducks and geese have come down from the Canadian nesting and breeding grounds be- cause of warm weather on the northland prairies. And Oregon's China pheasant crop Is estimat ed at only half what it was last year, because of wot weather in the spring and summer matching seasons. 40 MILLION SHOTGUN SHELLS RELEASED SOON WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UP) Forty million surplus shotgun shells arc on their way to the na tion s hunters. The commerce department has released the 12-gauge shotgun shells for sale to civilians through regional surplus property boards. They wont on sale to dealers today and soon will be available to hunters as well as farmers and ranchers for crop and livestock protection. . Prioes Set The 40,000,fl08-shollSi- previous ly frozen for military use, repre sent the biggest windfall for hunt ers since sale of shotgun shells was drastically restricted when war began. The shells are the standard commercial type used by hunters, including both birdshot and buck shot. They will bo sold to dealers through regional surplus prop erty offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco and Seat tle. The OPA retail ceiling price on birdshot shells is $1.07 for a box of 25 or $42.80 a Thousand shells. For buckshot, the ceiling is $1.38 a box of 25 or $55.20 a thousand. Japanese Women Will Get Vote on Mac's Command TOKYO, Oct. 13 (UP) Japa nese cabinet, on demand of Gen. Douglas MacArthur today ap proved women's suffrage, which will give feminine voters a heavy margin over men at the forth coming general elections. Other electoral changes com ing only 48 hours after MacAr thur ordered Premier Baron Ki juro Shidchara to enact univer sal suffrage ana mam othe dem ocratic reforms lowered the vot ing age from 23 to 20 snd the minimum age for holding office for 30 to 20. This will nearly triple Japan's electorate with some 21,680,000 women eligible against a poten tial 21,200,000 males, of whom 6. 230,000 army and navy men still ire overseas. It was assumed many of the latter will be unable to vote, at coming elections. Only 13.000,000 men cast ballota at the general elections of 1942. MacArthur tonight ordered the Japanese government to dissolv; three semi-official organization.-, controlling the silk industry ard to rcvoko previous orders which would have reduced production of silk. Labor Government Uses Troops As Strike Breakers LONDON, Oc. 13 (UP) Brit ain calle snMiers home from Eu rope to tielp unload fond ships tied up hi a dock strike that has FaralyrerJ mmt of the country's ports. ' o More than 4,000 troops already have beeai put to work removing cargoes ot vitally-needed food, but authorities iltd reinforce ment were needed if a teriuuc i'xA inurtsge u w be averted. &L.M MISDIRECTED RELATIVES LEAVE FOR SEATTLE TO MEET VETS Group of relatives of re turning Pacific veterans board army transport plane at Hamilton field, Calif., bound for Seattle, where the vets are actually scheduled to dock. Misdirected to San Fraicisco bv the war department telegrams, these anxious relatives who have come from scattered parts of the United Slates, are furnished transportation to Seattle by the army. Hoover Says Only 'Uncommon' Man Able To Lead World CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., Oct. 13 (UP) Former President Her bert Hoover called today upon colleges and . universities of America to provide the leader ship necessary to restore moral and spiritual losses. In a speech at the 75th anniversary of Wil son college, Hoover said that without the recovery there can be no successful reconversion. Protesting against the develop ment of "a cult of the common man ' and the "implication medi ocrity is" an fdeal," Hoover. said: Our sure hope of recovery is the wealth of uncommon men and women, among our people. And it is our educa tional institutions that will pro mole and train them." Hoover said "one of the humors of sociology" is "the most recent phase of the revolution in Rus sia is a frantic search for the un common man; and he is given privileges and payment far more than America offers today." Follows War There is no identity whatever beitween mediocrity and popu lar government although that is Peron Arrested By Buenos Aires Police BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 13 (UP! A new and appaicntly circum stantial report said Col. Juan D. Peron, former Argentine strom; man, was arrested at 4:30 a. m. today and taken aboard a gur boat. The arrest was made by the Buenos Aires nolice, according to piesidents of tho apartment build ing on Callc Posados where lc- on resides. They said the procecdure was courteous and Peron told the ar resting officers: "I guess I might as well go." Peron was said to have been placed aboard the gunboat In tlependrncia in the Newport har bor area. Oregon IJ. Paper Wins High Award EUGENE, Oct. 13 (UP) Ore gon Daily Emerald, school publi cation of the University of Ore gon, has been awarded the A1J Amcrican honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press an nual newspaper evaluation pro gram for the fifth time in seven yen I, it was announced today. The rating applies to the Emer alds issued during t h e winter term lut year when Anne Cra ven of Portlmd wai editor. 2,000 CIO Lobbyists Bringing Pressure To Bear On Congress in Washington WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UP) Congress of Industrial Organ izations is conducting one of the most intense lobbying drives ever directed at congress, with still undetermined results. By train and car, CIO delega tions have flocked to the capital from most of the states east of the MiMJSippi river to ask con t'MSiona support of the CIO legislative program. In all more than. 2,000 representatives have to Moral, Economic Recovery what many of our bubble blow ers are trying to put over," he said. Degeneration in ideals and standards and insensitiveness to wrong are common to all wars, Hoover said. Citing examples of degenera tion of American ideals during the war, he said truth had suf fered through propaganda. National Girl , Scout Executive Will Visit Here Miss Frances Christensen, member of the Girl Scout nation al staff will be in La Grande Oct. 15 to 20 in her official capacity as field advisor, according to Mrs. R. F. Tyler, commissioner of the La Grande girl scout council. Miss Christensen, whose home is in Elam, Wash., will assist with girl scout training, organizalion and program in communities in Washington, Montana, Idaho, Or egon and Alaska. Prior to joining Hie national staff, she was girl scout executive in Olympia. Pre vious to her girl scout experience, she was a teacher in the public school of Ehna. While in Elma, Miss Christensen was a volunteer irl scout leader, and also direcl fd the gill scout summer camp. She has had experience as a vol unteer leader of 4-H groups. Following is a schedule of her activities while in La Grande. Monday, Oct. 15, she will attend Ackerman P.-T. A. at 3 p. in. There will be a special board meeting at the Sacajawea hotel at 8 p. m. Tuesday, Oct. lfi. Miss Christensen will speak at the Neighborhood club, and at 8 p. in. she will attend the leaders . meeting on skills and programs at the Sacajnwea. Wednesday, Oct. 17 she will meet with Ri veria P.-T. A. at 2:30 and with the Brownies at Central school at 4. In the evening she will be -it the Sacajawea at 8 to meet the leaders, troop committees and mothers. The girl scouts are to have a court of awards soon. INVESTIGATION ASKED PORTLAND, Oct. 13 (UP) Gov. Earl Snell was formally re quested today by representatives, of several Portland gfoups to di lect the attorney general to con duct a grand jury investigation into the killing of Erwin Jones, negro, by a police detective in the Jones apartment at Guilds lake Aug. 21. made the trip. Differing opinions may be heard among congressmen about the effectiveness of the cam paign. Some obviously have been angered. Some say CIO pressure has sometimes cost Wupport. Robert Ramspeck of Georgia, house denrcwratic whip, praised CIO delegations from nine south ern states yesterday for the man ner in which they submitted their arguments. i Yt 1 I 14 "At one time America had sim ple and well-understood expres sions, such as self-government, independence of nations, democ racy, personal freedom and lib eralism. The war leaves us with these phrases stuffed with perver sions," he said. , Not Good Ideals of justice also have suf fered, Hoover said. Although, war criminals must be punished, "measures which reduce the eco nomic life of coming generational' to low lnvels of an agricultural. state arc neither justice nor good policy," ho said. "That will cre ate gigantic cesspools of hate, poverty and conspiracy." Concerning losses in the ideal of freedom, ho said America en tered the war "under the persua sion" of the four freedoms and the Atlantic charter and "now we find hundreds of millions of 'hu man beings breathe less inde pendence, less liberty, less free dom from fear than before we started . . . Can we honestly say we have not surrendered these peoples on the allar of appeasement?" De Gaulle Withholds Decision on Fate Of Pierre Laval; New Trial to be Denied PARIS, Oct. 13 (UP) Defense counsel said lodav President Gen. Charles De Gaulle had reserved decision on their plea to set aside the French high court's convic tion of Pierre Laval for treason and grant him a new trial. They said, however, they are not hopeful of a new trial and ex pect Laval will be executed "very soon" if their plea was denied De Gaulle told newsmen yester day he would reject any request for a new trial for the former Vichy premier. Hurley Nol Talking About Resignation WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UP) Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, U. S. ambassador to China, today declined to comment on rumors he would resign. Hurley conferred today with President Truman and Secretary of Slate James F. Byrnes. He told newsmen they would have to ask either Byrnes or tr.e pres ident about his future. He added that he would confer again with Mr. Truman and LI. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, chief of U. S. forces in China, before leaving for his New Mexico ranch for a rest. Pearl Harbor Probe Starts in November WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UP) The joint congressional Pearl Harbor committee announced to day it probably will hold its first public hearings early in Novem ber. Chairman Alben W. Barkley d., Ky., disclosed the committee's decision following a two -hour meeting. Barkley said the state, war and iwvy departments have pledged full cooperation to the committee in furnishing all pertinent recoids for the investigation. Msf Biov(S(dl SI Peace Feeler Reported in Mill Strikes PORTLAND, Oct. 13 (UP) Reports of "peace feelers" on the part of Willamette valley lum ber operators in the strike of 61, 000 AFL workers were met here today by a statement from union headquarters any such negotia tions will , have to be taken up with the union strike policy com mittee. . John Christensen, chairman of the committee, said: "The statement by any oper ator or group of operators that we are not willing to negotiate is false. We repeatedly stated we are willing to consider any offer any time. Called Lockout "The operators are well aware of this, but so far many are con ducting a lockout against us in our demands for $1.10 an hour industry-wide settlement. "Independent operators not under the power of the employ er associations have met our de mands and are operating. Any offer for final consideration has to be passed on by our strike pol icy committee, meeting here in Portland." . Other strikes: TRANSPORTATION Early morning strike of 1,800 eastern Massachusetts street railway workers disrupted transportation for 750,000 residents of 71 com munities in Boston area. SHIPPING New York harbor longshoremen indicated they would defy efforts to settle a 13 day walkout. STEEL In the backwash of the soft coal dispute, steel pro duction plummeted toward its mwvai inw Btiii.ii tuu 'uvjiooBivfii. ' MOVIES A federal conciliator worked to break the 30-week movie studio deadlock. COAL Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwcllcnbach today re cessed his conferences with the United Mine Workers and oper ators until 7 p. m. Monday. FEARS 'NEXT' WAR WIESBADEN, Germany, Oct. 13 (UP) Gen. George S. Pat ton was on record today with a statoment an "inevitable" third world war probably will destroy the United States un less America is "armed and prepared." De Gaulle received the two at lorncys for 15 minutes last night. Naud said he and his colleague argued the trial at which Laval was convicted had not conform ed to all the rules of Iteal nro- Irnrlinv, anH f h.rr.rii.n tlm init:lP of justice should be directed to ask a new trial. NAVY NOW FLIIiS 'GHOST HKLLCA 7" WASHINGTON. Oct. 13 (UP) The navy's latest secret te come to light is t h e "ghost" heUcat a high-powered fighter piano that flies and fights with out a pilot. The navy told dotails of the radio-controlled plane for the first lime after the army an nounced it had been flying 8-17s without pilots as "death bomb ers" over Germany. Those bombers were worn out flying fortresses. Thoy were loaded with explosives and guided by radio to crash their targets. 26 Handicapped Get Places Twenty-six handicapped per sons have been placed on gain ful jobs since Jan. 11, 1!M5, through the local office of the U. S. Employment service, accord ing to Fletcher Milton, local man ager. Of this number, 77 percent have been veterans, mostly of world war II. "This problem of the rehabili tation of the handicapped is go ing to be an increasing one." Mil ton stated, "and at the end of Na tional Employ the Handicap week, it seems fitting more than a passing thought be given to it." Eijhty seven handicapped vet erans have been registered in irt fice since tfte first of the )ear. N. K unsu In Possession of Boy REV. KENNETH REEVESi Minister id give inspiration ad dress at youth rally.' , . 100 Youths Here X To Attend Rally Of Presbyterians More than 100 young persons and all the ministers of Presby terian churches in eastern Ore gon and the . adult . sponsors of Westminster Fellowship groups attended the youth rally being held this afternoon and evening in the First Presbyterian church here. , Guest speakers included Rev. Kenneth W, Reeves, director of the deportment of young people's work for the Presbyterian church in the United States, and Dr. Jesse Buird, president of San Francisco Theological seminary. Dr. Bail spoke on youth work and held discussions on the pro gram of Westminster fellowship. Dr. Baird spoke on tho possibil ity of youths devoting their lives to Christian vocations, including the ministry, mssionary enter prises, Christian education and the field of religious music and art as well as the field of social services. At the evening banquet Rev. Mr. Reeves is scheduled to de liver an inspirational address. Portland I) A It Not Making Statement PORTLAND, Oct. 13 (UP) No comment was forthcoming today from the Portland chapter of the Daughters of the American Rev olution after President and Mrs. Truman's condemnation of DAR refusal to allow negro pianist Hazel Scott to appear in Wash ington's Constitutional hall. Mrs. John Y. Richardson, for mer Oregon stale regent and now a special na'nal vice chairman said the Portland chapter will withhold comment until "more facts are known." Eisenhower to Come Home Inside Week FRANKFURT, Oct. 13 (UP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was expected today to return to Washington perhaps within a week and almost certainly by Nov. 1 to become U. S. army chief of staff. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, for mer allied commander in the Mediterranean, was regarded as the No. 1 candidate for Eisen hower's job as military governor of Germany. All but one of whom were of World war II. While no exact break down of other types of service rendered is possible, such service has included explanation of G. I. rights and benefits re ferred to other agencies and or ganizations for service, referral to schools and trui-ting agencies, advice as to the securing of loam and benefits, information as to special priorities to veterans, and follow-up of handicapped persons on jobs. 0! person within the local office has had the special designated retyensibility 0f ren ter in service to handicapped ap plicant and (II personnel have bcn tieirwd to it ny-ciA) at tention to vucit applicant. Bonds s i N. Ktirixu, Japanese and loyal American, of Mt. Emily camp, is believed murdered. Such was the statement of Jesse Breshears, Union county sheriff, today. . Kurisu, a constant purchaser of war bonds and with sons enlisted in the army and serving overseas, left for WeiserY Ida., Oct. 5, has not arrived there yet, and an 18-year-o!d boy has 'been arrested in Dalhtirt, Tex., with the Kurisu's automobile, war bonds, wallet and watch in his possession and has told conflicting tales as to how he gained possession Amvets Reject Anti-Closed Shop Resolution Asked CHICAGO, Oct. 13 (UP) American veterans of World War II, In their , first, annual conven tion, today voted down a resolu tion demanding ex - servicemen should not be required to join a labor organization as a condition of employment. Speaking for the resolution, Al bert C. Jercmia, providence, K. I., executive secretary, said "a returning veteran should not have to join an organization to get a job after fighting for tho life of his nation." "I am not against unions and I am for collective bargaining," Jercmia said, "but I believe nei ther labor nor management should dictate to the nation." The convention adopted a "dec laration of principles" which said this of industrial relations: "Wo demand both Industry and (abor 'clean, house' and establish responsible leadership and laboi- managemcnt policies and proced ures based on merited mutuul confidence and integrity." Canadians Get 26 Percent Tax Cut OTTAWA, Oct. 13 (UP) Tho government today announced 16 percent reduction in income tax for Canadians and a lowering of the excess profits tax on cor porations. The announcement of the re ductlnns was mudc in commons by finance ministry J. L. Ilsley, who submitted a budget culling for expenditures of $5,400,000,- 000 during the current fiscul year, an increase of some $155,000,000 over the past year's figure of $5, 245,000,000. - Present year lolul, however, included an item of some $800, 000,000 (M) earmarked largely for export credits to other coun tries and presumably recoverable in time. Taxation to meet tho Current year's program was estimated by Ilsley at $2,515,000,000 $132,000, 000 less than Canadians paid in the past year. British Wives of Americans Protest LONDON, Oct. 13 (UP) Brit ish wives of American soldiers demonstrated again today in Grosvenor square against their inability to get passage to the United States. American army officers agreed to sec two lepi'esentativcs of the demonstrators and explain their official position. While the con ference was going on, the women held a scries of informal protest meetings in the square. TO SIGN CHARTER WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UP) The Polish foreign minister Winecntry R.ymowski will arrive here at midnight tonight to sign the United Nations charter. Po land will be the 61st nation to sign. Since July 1, speciul counsel ling service has been Introduced, and more recently additional per sonnel has been added in order to expand that service. One of the Bpeciol duties of the employ ment counsellor is to give speciul service to handicapped persona. The La Qrandi office renders eervioe to both Uniin and Wal lowa counties, and regular itin erant service is provided at En terprise. A special invitation ia extended to veterans and handi capped persons in Wallowa coun ty to make contact with the man ager on biuwni visit to Cnter-priii-, if that is nice coQvtruwnl than rominf all the way to L Uraode a Dim , Car Found in Texas of them. Floyd Pousson was arrested in Dalhart by the sheriff of that county and told tho officer that the car, the 34 war bonds and Kurisu's wallet and drivers li cense had been "simply given" to him in Salt Lake city by a sail' or. Pousson, on later interroga tion, stated that he had ridden' out of La Grande with Kurisu Oct. 8, but had left the 81-ycar" old section laborer in Ontario, where there are other Japanese, but gave no explanation as to why he had the man's belong-, ings. The boy also had in his pos session a .38 cal. pistol. Friends of the Kurisu family affirmed that the Japanese had turned In' all their firearms at the outbreak of the war and hadn't owned any since that time. ' Authorities here checked the number of the watch worn by Pousson with the watch sold to' Kurisu in La Grandt and it was found to be the same. , Sheriff Breshears said it is hil opinion the man was murdered and his body is probably in the Snake river or on the desert. Un til proof is established of murder the boy is being held on a war runt charging car theft. , u Breshears also added he is- con vinced the Japanese is murdered or he would have reported the ' theft of his possessions. Kurisu was highly respected In his community. He went to the Mt. :Emlly camp in 1037 and had ' been employed on t h e section gang there since. Albany Man Dies In Car Accident; Five More Injured ALBANY, Oct. 13 (UP) Thom as Patrick English, 23, Portland, was killed last night and five other persons were injured, three critically, In a two-car, head-on collision seven miles south of hero. English, the driver of one car, died on his way to nn Albany hospital. Tho other car was driv en by Charles Taylor, Salem. Listed as critically injured are Lloyd D. McKnight, a sailor, who was taken to Corvallis na val hospital, Clarence Nigh swonger, address unknown, who is in an Albany hospital, and an unidentified man, taken to a Eg gene hospital, , McKnight was a passenger in Taylor's vehicle, and Nighswong er and the unidentified person were riding with English. Taylor's wife was treated ' in Salem for facial lacerations and other injuries. Taylor was heat ed for shock and releusod. Chamber Supports National Bible Week La Grande chamber of com merce announced today it is join ing forces with fraternal, labor, religious, civic and industrial or ganizations throughout the Unit ed States in honoring the Bible, during National Bible week. Out. 13-21. The local chamber office wua officially designated by the Lay men's national committee, spon sors of this movement, as the dis tributing center for posters. Raymond L. Gray, president of the chamber of commerce, said the entire organization will co operate in the widespread dis tribution and display of the post ers. The chamber hopes to en list the help of Boy Scouts nnd Girl Scouts in this effort. O Football Results NEW YORK, Oct. IS (UPVr Army stayed undofoalud by bunt ing an unexpectedly etubborv Michigan eleven todnjR, 2B U fr, with big relit Biiuicbnrd 0ft A (;iena Dvia sprhis h winx nets. feOVTH BEND. Im), 6-et iV) DH-rae-w iHwspmViV yonrt; feetiaaU tfWn wort M third ataia'caet ajtaaK mi i-ft Htm ttwtoy kv iwnrrgtit&) DaatV o o
