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LA" GRANDE OBSERVER
Wednesday, July 15 1959
"A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit"
RILEY D. ALLEN ... Publisher
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LA oranuu 1'LUi.iaiiiNO compant GEORGE S. CHALLIS .. Adv. Director
TOM HUMES Circulation Mgr.
These Things He Notes . . .
One of Oregon's best-known news
papermen is a fellow named Giles French
from Moro, editor of the Sherman
County Journal.
This is perhaps surprising. One
mi'irht suspect that such a designation
would po to some writer or editor of one
of the biff-city dailies. Hut, aside from a
few widely-known men from the smaller
cities, Drother French stands almost
alone.
The reason is a weekly column he
writes, "These Things We Note."
It's quite a collection of short items.
Some are straight comments on the news.
Hut, oh boy, the others!
They are pithy, and often astrinjrent,
comments on issues and personalities.
As French put it one day in a speech :
"There is nothinjr quite so satisfactory
to me as the hiss of escaping hot air from
a stuffed shirt into which a needle has
been pushed."
Following are some recent examples
from French's typewriter:
Prospect for a hijr wheat crop
Heem poor at the moment. M:iyltt
nature will take care of the problem
and if it dues there will be no polities
to it.
news but we don't think it will be a
serious competitor for popularity.
It doesn't cost enough, now you take
a swimming pool.
"Everybody has a hobby these
days," said Uncle Emmet t. "In my
time I had one, too. It was earning
a living."
People look to the future when
they have no past and look to the
past when they have no future.
A preacher marryinfT some of
these fast stepping movie folks must
feel like a bush league pitcher throw
ing to Willie Mays. He doesn't expect
his work to be very successful.
One of the things England! is
afraid of is the trade alliance be
tween the continental countries.
England would not join because of
a former alliance with its dominions.
Now it opposes Adenauer and
I)e Gaulle with an apparent idea of
some concessions.
The present furore over welfare
will amount to little unless there Is
a resurgence of morals. Those who
accept no responsibility for their
arts shoidd le taught some.
Uefore long we may le buying
other things from abroad as well as
automobiles. The United States is
pricing itself out of its own market.
If the hours of lulxr get a little
shorter almost everyone can bold
two jobs and then work less than
grandpa.
The weather this year seems de
termined to le "peculiar" and Wed
nesday was remindful of the day the
east wind blew the country apart
bark in 19.11).
Anyone who has lived in Oregon
fid years can get a fishing license if
he'll swear he can't pay for it. Not
so generous.
The wheat situation has arrived
at the point where nolody is going
to like it whatever is done. Ve have
certainly proved that the govern
ment cannot manage agriculture.
Chenp eggs are sixty cents for the
producer and .10 cents for the consumer.
Horse shoe pitching gets into the
If the. government delays long
enough the construction of Snake
river dams they will not be built.
Already Canada has estimated that
atomic power will be available before
dams can he built.
Diverting Attention From Berlin
An ominous build-up of Communist
forces along the Formosa straits is re
ported. The Nationalists say the Reds
have concentrated two thirds of their
air force within striking distance of
Formosa.
Formosa, like ttorlin, stands as a snot
where the Reds can create a crisis t
their convenience. Now their strategy
may call for a crisis at both points
simultaneously. Hy threatening a brush
war on the China coast, they may reason,
the West's attention will be sufficiently
diverted from Berlin to let the Russians
get away with something there.
Barbs
Today's fairv tale: An author of a
'How-to-Cet-nich" book got rich.
How can you possibly put the cart be
fore the horse in this mechanical age?
Keep smiling! Oxygen is good for the
teeth
DREW PEARSON SAYS.
Congress Begins Probe
Of Military Manpower
WASHINGTON. While Gen.
Maxwell Taylor, recently retired
chief of itaff of the Army, was
testifying before congress regard
ng the need of more military
i lanpowcr, a record numher of
enlisted men in the armed forces
uere serving as cooks, orderlies,
huuseboys, and handy men for
the top brass of the U.S.A.
This column has uncovered
the fact that the total for the
Washington area alone is 1,500.
The 35 Air Force generals as
signed to headquarters command
have 88 airmen to wait on them
as cooks, drivers, flight stew
ards, mess attendants, and order
lies. The army has 67 GI serv
ants to wait on 143 general of
ficers. The Navy has 54 enlist-
d men serving 105 admirals.
And the Marines have 20 enlist
ed men assigned to 25 generals.
This does not include 103 Army.
98 Navy, 55 Air Force, and eight
Marine servants who work in the
officers' dining rooms and quar
ters. In addition a total of 368
'Srmy, 17 Navy, and 306 Air
Force enlisted men are assigned
as chauffeurs in the Washington
area.
Here is a typical notice circu
lated in the Washington area by
General Taylor before he retired
last month.
"Attention enlisted personnel.
All regular army enlisted person
nel, grade private to E-5, interest
ed in working in the dining room,
office of the chief of staff, de
partment of the Army, should
call the Military Personnel Divi
sion, Building 216, for interview.
Enlisted men should be eligible
for clearance, neat in appear
ance, able to meet high officials
with ease and confidence."
General Taylor issued this no
tice at the same time he was com
plaining that the Army doesn't
have enough fighting men.
Congressman Frank Kowalski,
Connecticut Democrat, has be
come i hero to thousands of Gl'i
because he has focused the spot
light on the "servantude" of en
listed men. Kowalski spent 30
years in the army, worked his
way up to colonel, was first
commander of the U.S. Army
management school. Being an
Army man he wants to be fair to
the armed services. He also
wants to be fair to the GI.
This column having battled for
the enlisted man beginning even
before Pearl Harbor, has talked
In GI servants whose only duties
iire menial personal services for
ihe brass. Some do little more
than shine shoes, pour liquor,
press pants, and run errands.
Here are some case histories:
SP-4 Klwood Hooten, second ar
mored division. Fort Hood, Tex
as, kept a record of over 250
hours spent in domestic service
for his commanding officer. Col.
John Hector, now a staff offic
er for the sixth army at the
presidio in San Francisco. Hooten
v. ashed and waxed the car;
swept, mopped and, waxed the
floors; mowed the lawn: cleaned
teen-age son's quarters; waxed
and polished furniture; cleaned
the bathroom; scrubbed porches.
Two days prior to being detail
ed to this domestic duty, he had
submitted an application for
an overseas assignment. This
was disapproved by the division
headquarters on the grounds that
u critical shortage of trained
personnel existed in Hooten's
snecialty.
His orders were "to keep
Colonel Hector happy." To do
this, he was obliged once to wash
the colonel's car while the rest
cf his unit received the day off.
Colonel Hector acknowledged
to this column that Hooten had
been Assigned ns his driver, and
h.nl Iw'iii itxd "off- and un" to
help around Hie house. The
colonel recalled asking him oc
casionally (o wa'.er the lawn,
mow the lawn, and once move
some furniture around.
The colunel claimed that most
of the housecleaning chores had
been assigned while he was away
from Fort Hood for three months
and that subordinates assigned
Hooten to keep the house in
shape while he was gone.
Housecleening In Oklahoma
At Fort Carson, Okla., Capt.
Carl Pruett assigned a 26-man
detail to help Col. Lynell Green,
the commanding officer, clear
and clean his house, prior to his
reassignment this month to Ice
kind. Captain Pruett's orders de
clared: "The 26 man detail pick
ed from Company C in the biv
ouac area 25 June 1959 will re
main in the company area Thurs
day night so they will be avail
able for the same detail Friday
26 June 1853." They were ord
ered to report for "work at Colo
nel Green's quarters." In addi
tion, a 2''i-ton vehicle was re
quisitioned, plus "all available
power mowers and grass-cutting
equipment."
Colonel Green acknowledged to
this column that the detail had
reported for work as ordered,
but he claimed he had sent the
men back. He acknowledged us
ing "a few GI's" to help clear
out the house. Their help was
charged up as official duty.
Those who reported for lawn
mowing duty, he claimed, work
ed during their spare time and
were paid out of his pocket.
More on waste of military
manpower in an early column.
PRISON BILL SIGNED
WASHINGTON UPI Presi
dent Eisenhower Monday signed
a money bill alloting one million
dollars to begin construction of a
new federal prison for hardened
criminals near Marion, III. The
bill provided $648.!Hl,ooo to oper
ate the State and Justice Depart
ments and the federal courts in
the current fiscal year. -
Wilderness Bill
Opposed By Cole
As 'Unnecessary'
OLYMP1A H'Pli - Bert Cole,
state land commissioner, said
Monday that a bill in the I'. S
Senate to establish a national
wilderness preservation system is
"unnecessary and highly undesir
able." Cole said he dues not oppose
setting aside certain limited areas
to remain forever in a natural
state.
But he said the scope of the
pending wilderness legislation
"represents a grave dagger to
the economic wellbeing of the
State of Washington by threaten
ing to lock up vast areas of la id
rich in timber and natural re
sources. "Should the legislation be enact
ed, we in the Stale of Washing
ton stand to lose more than per
haps anyone else."
Wyatt Attends
School Workshop
Dale . Wyatt, vice principal,
counsellor and social studies
teacher at La Grande junior high
school, is one of 15 junior high
teachers' and principals partici
pating in a special onemonth
junior high school workshop at
Oregon State College.
The teachers were selected by
the state department of education
to prepare a handbook on organ
ization and operation of Oregon
junior high schools. The work
shop runs, through July 17.
The number of junior high
schools in Oregon has increased
rapidly in recent years, it was
pointed out but only limited ma
terial has been developed in the
area of junior high school organ
ization and operation.
Oregon now has 32 junior high
schools that are on a seventh,
eighth, and ninth grade basis und
22 operate for the seventh and
eighth grades.
Chinese Red
Official Asks
Burmese Help
RANGOON, Burma HJPli A
Chinese Communist Embassy of
ficial has asked the Burmese gov.
eminent for asylum after being
stabbed and seriously injured in
his fight to escape the Red embas
sy, it was reported today.
It was the third report of defec
tions by Soviet and lted Chinese
otficials in Burma in recent
months.
The Chinese, identified as Liu
Ping-yi. 30. knocked on the door
of the home of U.S. Air At
tache Col. Itoy Ahalt Sunday night
to ask for assistance.
Liu was bleeding from a stab
wound in the side. It was reported
that he had scuffled wilh Chinese
in the commercial counsellor's of
fice a! the embassy who were sai l
to have learned of his intentions
to defect.
Ahalt summoned a physician and
then informed the Burmese For
eign Ollice. Burmese police and
troops took Liu to the hospital.
He was reixirted in "critical'1
condition ufler an operation for
his wound.
Hospital sources said that during
a brief period of consciousness this
morning he told nurses he wanted
the protection of the Burmese fiov-eminent.
Strout Realty Appoints
Charles Chase Manager
Charles Chase has been ap
pointed manager for the Strout
Hcalty, Inc. here.
The company is a multiple
sales organization with offices
from coast-to-coast dealing in
ranches, farms, homes, and busi
nesses, both town and country'.
Its operations cover most of the
Western States with 21 branch
olfices in Oregon alone.
The new office at 1813 E. Adams
in La Grande.
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WOMEN'S WEAR
Capri Pants pastel colors
Plaids & Stripes Sizes 8-18
Reg. 2.50-NOW i.97
Skirts SKm and Full, Prints
and Plains Summer Styles.
Reg. 3.98-NOW 2.47
CLEARANCE VALUES
MEN'S WEAR
A
mm
Shirts Short Sleeve
Reg. 3.982.98
NOW 1.97
Shirts Longsleeve. Sport & dress.
Broken lots.
Reg. 3.98-NOW 1.97
CHILDREN'S WEAR
Shirts Short Sleeve
Boys' 6-16
SPECIAL 97c
Shirts Asst'd. Long & Short Sleeve.
Reg. 2.69 Thru 3.98
1.97
DRESSES
SELECTED GROUP
12 24V
2 for 5.00
SWBI-WEAR
CABANA SETS
Broken Lots
Reg. to 7.98 - Vz price
SWIM-WEAR
Boys 6 18
Latex & Boxer '
HALF PRICE
030
Yardage Remnants Vi 0FF
ElecWire Remnants xk OFF
FURNITURE CLEARANCE
239" HEADBOARDS, Reg. 1S.9S $12.77
1 NIGHT STAND, Reg. 17.9S $11.77
1 SERVING CART, Reg. 13.95 $11.77
1VANITY MIRROR, Reg 11.95 $9.77
1 CLUB CHAIR, Reg. 99.88 $77.77
2 OCCASIONAL CHAIRS, Reg. 54.9$ $47.77
1 NYLON SOFA SET, Reg. $259.95 $229.77
Rug Samples, Asstt'd. Sizes Vz OFF
Asst'd. Floor Tile, Broken Lots Vi OFF
SUMMER SPECIALS
4 LAWN UMBRELLAS, Reg. 32.95 $26.77
3 LAWN UMBRELLAS, Reg. 26.?5 " $22.77
12 REDWOOD PATIO SETS, Reg. 22.95 ". "" "'$17.77
20 PATIO STOOLS, Reg. 99c . 77c
17 METAL FOLDING CHAIRS, Reg. 6.49 .$4.77
24 CARD TABLES, Reg. 3.99 3.27
9 GYM SETS 9 Play, Reg. 51.95"."."."."."."."-" "".""."$46.77
HARDWARE
SPORTING GOODS
36 WASTE BASKETS, Reg. 99c 37c
6 WALL CLOCKS, Reg. 5.26 $4.47 plus tax
4 WALL CLOCKS, Reg. 3.98 $2.95 plus tax
8 CHARCOAL LIGHTERS, Reg. 4.95 $3.77
1 SPRAYER-COMPRESSOR, Reg. 79.95 . $59.77
1 13 H.P. SPLIT PHASE MOTOR, Reg. 32.45 $25.77
2 MAGNA JIG SAWS (wo stand), Reg. 48.95 ..$59.77
3 GAS 20 GAL. G. L. WATER HEATERS, Reg. 89.95 $49.77
f 4 CASTING RODS, Reg. 14.95 $10.77
4 SPINNING RODS, Reg. 14.95 $10.77
3 OUTBOARD MOTORS "11.10 Off Reg. Price
1 MOSSBERG 22 S L LR, Reg. 31.95 v . $21.77
3 PLASTIC BOATS, Reg. 39.95 $29.77
114 FT.'GLASS BOAT, 25 H P. Motor & Trailer,
Reg. $1,088 Value NOW $997.77
DiscoiimniED paiiits
VARIETY OF COLORS
Pts. Qts. Gals.
37c - 97c 1.97 - 3.97
AWNING SPECIALS
1 Trailer Awning R&s 36.77
24 Window Awning 3v-m 10 Off