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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.
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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
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