Nyssa gate city journal., April 19, 1945, Image 1

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TTYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY,APRIL 19, 1945'
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ßulldogs Lose
In Malheur Co. A t a special - meeting, the board Two Conference
Track Carnival of the Adrian union high school IIclSCDclll Games
LEG TON PLANS TO
REGISTER CHILDREN
The Nyssa post of the American
Great Value O f
Experiment Farm
To County Cited
JOURNAL
C A LV IN M O R FITT
KILLED IN A C TIO N
Good Relations
With So.America
Urged By Ortega
Calvin M orfitt of Nyssa was
killed In action in the South Pac­
ific area March 21, according to
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approved the plans for the install-
Moore, Nyssa, High Point ation of a community cannery. The n ntario To Play Here Ap- and 2 in order that thelr names Prominent Extension Men information received by relatives Importance of Dealings
and friends.
cannery will be operated under the
Man; Elliot, Adrian
A fter War Pointed Out
ril 24 and Boise will
may b c avai:able ! o * <*«ab>
Talk on Feeders’ Day
supervision
of
the
state
board
of
Morfitt, who was about 20 years |
Sets Jump Record
By Speaker Here
Play
April
26
t
fral
and-state
a
l<
1
Program
vocational education.
old, had been serving in the mar­
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I Veterans
may
register
their
Earl
Cooley,
state
director
of
ines
for
about
a
year.
The Vale high school won the
The importance of inter-Am er­
After losing to Ontario and Vale j children at the office of Don M.
vocational agriculture, and Harry
The great benefit of the Malheur
Malheur county track meet held
ican relations ln the post-war per­
' Weaver, assistant director of voc­ during the last few days, tlie Nyssa Graham or with Mrs. Nellie Pow
to Malheur
iod was discussed at a meeting
al Ontario Wednesday afternoon | ational education, met with the high school baseball team will ell. Registration cards may also
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county, especially to the agrlcui-
held in the high school building
with a score of 62 points.
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12 10 WOrk out Plans ! meet Ontario again next Tuesday, j be obtained from Arthur Rouse,! tural jnterests was emphasized in
Monday night by Joaquin Ortega
Nyssa and Ontario tied for sec- ! and details for the cannery. The April 24 in an effort to break even adjutant o f the Legion post.
talks and in the display of live- i
of the inter-American relations o f ­
ond with 37 points each and Adrian cannery wil1 **' located in the in its four-game schedule on the
stock during the Feeders’
day j
The 1945 political campaign is fice. who pointed out that the pre­
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j Smith-Hughes agriculture shops at
program held at the station last
placed fourth with 29 points. N y- the high sthool
Oregon side of the conference.
underway in the Nyssa high sch­ war and post-war problems are
Friday.
ool with the election of student the same except that they have
esa missed one of its mainstays, ! Henry Reuter, newly elected ag-
The Bulldogs lost to Ontario
The program, opening at
11
body officers scheduled for Friday been emphasized by the war.
John Gernhardt, who has joined ] rlculture instructor, will start the last Friday on the Ontario diamond
o’clock, was interrupted at noon
Dr. Ortega, born and educated
of this week.
■the navy.
! installation of cannery equipment by a score o f 7 to 2. They lost the
for lunch, which was furnished;
The building Is plastered with In Fpain, is director of the school
and
served
by
the
chambers
o
f
;
inter-American
affairs
and
The only record broken was ln | Parted* about^ June* 'lT* and 'will be I ^
game in the second lnninS
The Nyssa airport across Snake commerce o f Nyssa, Ontario and . pohtical signs setting forth the of
the high-jump event, which E llio t' startea about June 15 and will be
when the Tigers ran in six runs
slogans and in some cases the professor of Spanish at the Uni­
river from town has been desig­ Vale assisted by several 4-H home
of Adrian raised from 5 feet, 8 op<ln t0 Malheur a>unty residents,
versity of New Mexico at Albu­
inches to 6 feet.
j Equipment will include an auto­ on errors, walks and hits. Codr, nated by the C AA as a class 1 economic girls. The lunoh, con­ merits of the candidates.
querque. He is a former South
The candidates are as follows:
matic pea huller, a large mechan­ Ontario pitcher, struck out 12 men.
sisting of “ hot dog" sandwiches,
Moore of Nyssa was high point
President—Greta
Stunz.
Udell American newspaperman.
Kasahara of Nyssa registered six aPport.
ical
tomato
juicer
and
meat
grind-
doughnuts and coffee, was served
man o f the meet with 13% points.
Mr. Ortega, appearing under the
Poul.son, Tom Moore and Ray By-
strike-outs.
The
designation, which came
I er.
to a large crowd of farmers and
He won fit st place in the 120-yard
auspices of the federal coordinator
The Bulldogs went boom again from Seattle, will be recognized townspeople
bee.
and 220-yard hurdles, second in j
Vice
president—Melvin
Melow. of inter-Ameriean affairs and the
in a critical Inning When they until the permanent designation
Blaine Holladay of the county
the high-jump and earned a quar­
Bob Church, Jerry Crandall. Ellen general extension division o f the
played Vale Tuesday. The score is received from the main CAA o f­
agent’s office, opening the pro­
ter point in the 880-yard relay.
Oregon state system of higher ed­
was 8 to 5. Nyssa led the Vikings fice in Washington, D. C.
Herrman and Lorraine Farr.
gram. discussed various farm crops
Results:
Secretary— June Savage, Peggy ucation. discussed principally the
in the first of the fourth by a
The
field
is
now
an
official
air­
adaptable to this county. He said
High hurdles— Moore, Nyssa; Is- |
social and economic relations ex­
count of 5 to 1. In the fatal fourth port and will be listed in the air­
Herren and Mildred Loe.
" I f you have any questions about
teri, Ontario; Scott, Ontario; time I
Treasurer— Twila Crawford, Ros­ isting between North and South
frame. Vale ran in seven runs on port direotory. Operations can be
17.7.
At least three companies are In­ three errors, four walks and a hit carried on commercially and any­ hybrid corn the station is the alie McDowell, Dorothy Barthol- America.
place to get the information.”
100 yard dash—Schastus, Ont- terested in establishing a conden- or two.
“ All I will say about the politi­
oma and Marie Sebum.
one may land on the field and
Last year the station released
aiio; Pappe. Vale; Coleman, N y - sery ¡u Nyssa after the war.
Inter-class
rivalry
chairman— cal problems," the speaker said,
In the first inning Nyssa loaded t tridents may be soloed
the Pioneer bean to dealers and
ssa; Richer, Ontario; time 10:9.
Myrna Jordan, Hlsako Kido and "is that the American nations are
All of the companies have lnves- the bases on two walks and a field
now people all over the county are
Pole vault— Weeks, Nyssa; and tlgated this territory from the er's choice and all of the runners
working together for the first time.
Verla Jensen.
using
them
in
their
gardens.
Adrian second, third and fourth; standpoint of cattle population, scored on Herren’s triple. Herren
We should Insist on having a pure
FREE METH
Holladay
said
winter
barleys
will
height 8 feet, 6 Inches.
democracy and developing a pow­
shipping facilities, availability of scored on an error to count the
Shotput—Pappe, Johnson, Vale; feed and prospects for growth and j fourth run.
possibly take the place of spring) ~ * \ t /^I7, d TYDTV'TT’ rp/”\
erful public opinion.
barleys.
Some
interesting
expert-1
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C xl. Vale: Claves, Ontario; 37 are satisfied with the local situa- i Nyssa registered its fifth run
"Latin America is Wot a social,
ments were made at the station OPEN IN A D R IA N
te. :, 5 inches.
economic or political unit, from
tlon.
in the fourth, when Toombs scor­
with hubam clover. Peas can be I
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M ile—Nelson. Adrian: Shaw. Ny- , The Carnation Milk company and ed. The Bulldogs had the bases
our standpoint, because we o f the
A huge crowd attended the sec-1
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ssa, Anthon, Vale; Wallace, Vale: !
Amalgamated Sugar company loaded ln the fifth and sixth* inn­ And annual all-Malheur county j grown very successfully. They work j In observance of ’Cancer Con- United States have affected all
band
and
girls
chorus
program.-
lne
‘
n
rotation
with
spring
p
o
ta
-,
trol
m
onth’
as
designated
by
an
5 minutes. 5'- seconds.
j are interested in establishing con- ings, but failed to score.
of the countries by our action in
Work, with sulphur has not act of congress, Adrian wrtl assist much the same way. W e have made
4h— Pit-ick, Vale; Pappe, Vale; j Jenseries. Other concerns have
The Vale battery was Kamiraha given by the four high schools
been
completed,
but
certainly
sul-1
in
the
national
$5.000,000
cam-
South America an appendage of
C.o< J, Vale Perry, Vale; 58:2.
shown some interest in either putt- and Hammack, and Good.
of the county ln Ontario Monday
phur does help on hard spots, • paign to raise funds to aid in can- this country economically. We have
1 Lseus— Lewis, Nyssa; Patrick, ¡ng ¡n a creamery or condensery.
The Nyssa lineup was Hartley Sight,
John ,>n ’ nmora, Adrian, 105 f e
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^er prevention cllntcs. Some of the gotten her in a mess because we
3b. Kawasaki If. Rookstool ss, Bel- V The 154 members of the com bln-: Huolladay Kald’ The
10 inches.
lon cf, Moore lb, Herren rf. Kam a- ill bands and the 77 members of pbur on be6ts *>“ not been cherolc- c lin ic wUl be located in each state encouraged her to develop her
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FITT
NAMED
I.i.h -ju m p —
Elliot.
Adrian;
hara p, Toombs c and Kabata 2b.
the girls chorus rehearsed most I ed„
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* ‘,th specially tralned doctors 10 resources. Helping her to extricate
Mi ore, Ausmon, Adrian, and Bar­ SERVICE OFFICER
The Ontario game Tuesday will Jt the day and presented the con-I George Penrose, agricultural ag- bring effective anti-cancer weapons herself is no altruistic program. It
r e ', Vale tied for third and fourth.
tbe ™
Pacific system., within reach of local fa m tie r
is a good business proposition. We
be the last conference game on the cert in the evening. Mrs. Swan o f , ent °
J. F. M orfitt of Ontario has been Oregon side.
Vale directed the glee club num-
D u d ^ Sltton super-
Cancer today Is Americas No.
Height 6 feet.
secured the
strategic
materials
selected
by
veterans
organizations
bers.
Direction
of
the
band
was
-ntendent
of
the
station
said
Dud'national
health
emergency
and
at
Low hurdles-- Moore. Scott. Ont­
so Latin America helped In defeat­
The Bulldogs will go to Boise
ario: Coleman and Zamora 26.4.
as county veterans service officer Friday. April 20 and the Braves divided between the four directors.,*® W ™ * * th* * 0,r k y ° U J T '
ing our enemies more than some
^
Javelin— Good, Church. Nyssa; in Malheur county.
people realize.
will play a return engagement During the first number the m aj-|do'ng hf re’ Y ° u “ rtainly have been six adults die of cancer
Vil meyer. Vale, and Qlaves. 142
Morfitt, who will be paid by the here April 26.
or.-u.es of the four schools gave a belp > ° « ‘ V >ur wprk’
| Mr.- Dennis P ^ h chairman of
'W e need to have a healthy
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D z . R A. Besse. aasustant d ir-j the drive for the Adrian comm-
feet, 10 Inches.
,
county, will work for the benefit
America to be strong in In­
a Colorful performance df batorf
ector of the Oregon agricultural , unity, has appointed the following ternational relations".
Broad jump—
Hammack.
Vale; of returning veterans.
twilling. The band played eight
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experiment station, praised the]cancer drive chairmen: Mrs. W ill
Schlägel. Ontario; Eagen, Vale;
The new service officer, a veter­
In addition to colonial expan­
numbers and the glee club sang
residents of Malheur county f o r , Gibson of the Wade district, Mrs sion, which has been practiced ln
Patker, Adrian.
an of world war 1, will represent SM ITH SUCCUMBS
four selections.
their foresight in securing the sta­ Annette Goulet of Newell Heights, South America, another way to ex­
880-yard run— Culp Vale; Kreuger, all servicemen's organizations.
Little Roberta Webster. Nyssa
Funeral services for Jacob Van first, grader, was a feature of the tion. He said ’’The station is only Mrs. Harry Sipes of South Owy­ pand is to exercise influence thr­
Ontario;
Hatch, Adrian; Gibbs,
de Meer of Nampa, father o f Mrs. parade in her twirling costume. four years old. The people were hee, Mrs Chapin of Owyhee, Mrs. ough Joint programs with the Latin
Vale. 2:12'-.
Visits In East—
880-yard relay— Vale, Ontario,
Ed Wild is visiting relatives in Barbara Smith o f Nyssa. were held Ttie parade was held at 4 o’clock. aggressive enough to get the state Lynn Hurst of Kingman Kolony American countries. That is the
to appropriate
money and the and Mrs. Bill Toombs, Mrs. Fran­ type of development I am sure the
N v " a , Adrian.
Oklahoma and Kansas and also in Nampa Tuesday in the United
The Roxie theater managemPm
church
with
Rev. gave a free movie at 5 o ’clock for county was progressive enough to ces Deffer, Mrs. Threlma Elliot Latin American countries will ap­
Medley relay— Adrian, Vale. On­ expects to visit in South Dakota Presbyterian
E. D. McKune officiating. Inter­ llie entertainment of the music­ provide the land. During that four and Mrs. Howard Hatch .of Ad­ prove.
tario. Nyssa.
before returning home May 1.
years
improvements
have
been rian.
ment was in Kohlerlawn ceme­ ians.
“South America is In an econ­
made here, the land has been dev­
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moment, which caused some fran
The
campaign
will
continue omic transition", Mr. Ortega said.
tery.
eloped for irrigation, hundreds of through the month of April.
Mr. Van de Meer died April 12
“They need economic alliance witli
f i l l » *
I
I T1 fic worlc on my part before they,
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DRIVE IS
plots have been established for i
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could have been a (...........
] at the home
of a daughter, Mrs.
other countries because they are too
nasty crack-up turned out for the j Nora Arnold of Portland, where * STARTED IN N YSSA
testing different kinds of crops DEATH OF MARVIN
small for self-sufficiency. Latin
best.”
i iiee had been visiting for six weeks, j
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and testing new crops that b a d . T u n M P Q i j M
PT^RTATM
American countries are afraid of
n t been
hppn raised
rr>i«»rt here. W
w ant, t.n
v I_JIV I x \ I i i
Captain Kurtz Is the son of Mr , he had teen visiting for six weeks.! The Nyssa Business W om en's' n not
We p want
to ! * I I w 1V1 I k j I X
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and Mrs M. L. Kurtz of Nyssa. year.
¡club was appointed by Mrs. W ill-!p a v e the way for new and better
Confirmation of the death of
Oregon. He received
his education ] Mr. Van de Meer was born in ] iam Thomas, chairman of the Am - crops. The farmers do not
have
Pvt. Marvin E. Thompson in France $170 IS RAISED
in the local schools
of his home 1 Holland May 25. 1866 and cam e: erlcan Cancer society for M a i- , funds or the time to do that,
has been received by his wife, Mrs. FOR W H E E L CH AIRS
town and completed the latter part ! to the United States in 1911. He ' lieur county, to solicit Nyssa on j ” In addition to -the crops, corr-
Dona Thompson.
of his education at
Eastern Ore- j resided in New York until 30 years
] behalf of the campaign being wag-
: als have been built
and 10 varie-
A t the time of his death, Pvt.
The dance that was sponsored by
gon College o f Education. He re­ ago when he moved to Idaho.
ed by that society to conquer can- ties of pasture grasses have been
Thompson was a light machine the Sunset auxiliary to raise mon­
ceived his induction call at Seatle,
Besides Mrs. Smith he is sur- cer all over the
United States tested and four lots of steers have
gunner.
His
company
was
set
up
ey for wheel chairs for the Bush-
been fed different rations. This ar­
and from there he was sent to vlved by his widow. Elizabeth; two ] from April 16 to 30.
in defensive road blocks on roads nell General hospital at Brigham
school on the west coast for pilot I daughters, Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. I The goal for the state of Oregon ea produces large quantities of for­
leading Into a town In northeast­ City, Utah was well supported.
training. He was graduated as a j Peggy Senter of Portland; th re e ! is $65.000. The money raised will age and roughage that can be
ern France. At about 8 o'clock the
One hundred and seventy doll­
second lieutenant pilot and en- sons, Joe of Portland and John , be used to establish clinics, edu- marketed best through livestock.
enemy launched a strong armoured ars was cleared, which will buy
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w ih
„a..,
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m„ n tered test piloting at Hill field, and James of Nampa, 10 grand- ji ate t«e public about the causes
attack supported by Infantry. Dur­ three wheel chairs..
vveldon
ippy
i es, seam
Ogden, Utah, where
he was stat- children and two great grand- of cancer, educate doctors and to
ing the ensuing action enemy small
2nd class. Is home on seven-day
The chairs have already been or­
ioned for quite sometime. It was
children.
finance research
to learn more Building Work Begun—
leave from San Diego.
Erection of the walls for W al­ arms and tank fire was heavy and dered. An inscription plate. "In
from there that he embarked for
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| about cancer and how to conquer
Pvt.
Thompson
was
killed
by
ene­
grateful memory of the boys from
ter Freeman’s new machine shop
everseas, and Casablanca was his W. C. T. U. W ill M eet—
| it.
my small arms fire penetrating Sunset Valley. Nyssa. Oregon" will
Pvt. Robert L. Fields is fighting
first stop in his tour of overseas j The Nyssa W. C. T. U. will r e - 1 There will be no house-to-house building on First street near the
his ohest.
with the marines on Okinawa is­ duty. After a short stay he trav- organize at a meeting to be held solicitation in
be placed on each chair.
Nyssa.
American underpass has been started. The
His body was Identified by Iden­
land, according to word received eled to Italy, where he
All food and supplies were con­
is now stat- at the Roger Tucker home on the cancer banks have been distributed sidewalls and rear wall will be
tification tags and was buried on tributed toy the ladies o f the Sun­
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen­ loned.
north end of Fifth street Friday, to all business houses and each constructed of cinder blocks and
September 10, 1944.
ry Fields. Pvt. Fields also engaged
set auxiliary.
April 27 at 2 p. m. Anyone inter- resident of Nyssa is asked to con­ the front wall will be constructed
in battle on Saipan.
The Bushnell General hospital
of brick.
' tribute at these business places.
Pfc. Verniand E. Carlson, son ested Is invited to attend.
( ls the amputation center for this
DUSTING W IL L BE
if Mr. and Mrs. Verner B. Carlson
A t an air depot of the AAF ser­
(area.
of Nyssa has been awarded the
DONE NEAR NYSSA
vice command in Italy--A flight
bronze star for meritorious ach­
section plays a component part in
ievement and service. Pfc. Carl­
Johnson brothers of Parma are R E L A T IV E OF NYSSA
the army air forces and its test
son distinguished himself as a rad­
preparing to use the Nyssa airport RESIDENTS PASSES
pilots are its keystone. The best
io operator in enemy territory un­
as a base for crop-dusting opera­
pi.ot in this section is the honor
der fire ¡to maintain contact with
tions In this territory.
Berd W illi urn of Welser, brother
that has been bestowed on Cap­
The brothers will take one plane of Mrs. Parelle Klnser. and uncle
his company headquarters. He also
tain William Kurtz, by his ground
was awarded the infantry combat
and their equipment to the air­ of Mrs. W. E. Schireman died at
crew. T o quote them: “ a great pil­
port and be ready for dusting op­ his home Monday.
badge and good conduct ribbon.
ot, and a swell guy to crew for.”
Carlson went overseas in July, 1944.
erations as soon as the crops are
Mr. and Mrs. Schireman and
Short, stubby Captain Kurtz ln
ready.
Mrs. Klnser attended the funeral,
a brief interview spoke of main­
Sgt. Miller H. Jensen arrived
which was held Wednesday. Mr.
tenance as being the most impor­
Nursing Home Notes--
Saturday afternoon from Kingman.
and Mrs. Louis Orrell of Klamath
tant part o f the job that enables
A daughter was born to Mrs. Falls, former Nyssa residents, also
Arizona for a 15-day furlough here.
a pilot to enoy 22 months of succ­
He was accompanied by Mrs. Jen-
Paul Baker April 13.
attended the funeral and were ov­
s a i
essful flying without a crack-up.
Mr. and Mrs. John 8tam are the ernight guests at the Schireman
sen Jensen graduated from gunn-
which the captain has attained in
parents
of
a
daughter
bom
April
^
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ery school March 24. Sgt. and Mrs.
home.
his many months of flying.
15.
Jensen have been visiting Mrs.
’’When you have the best main­
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Mr. and Mrs K. A. Funal are
Mary Jensen. Mrs. Jensen went
tenance men ln the world working
the parents of a daughter born AG. IN STR U C TO R IS
to Apple valley Tuesday to visit
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for you. then many worries that
JHOSEN A T A D R IA N
April 17
t w parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
would normally fall on the should­
Henry Reuter of Halfway has
Mrs. A. P. Anderson has entered
ers o f the pilots are alleviated. And Poage.
the nursing home for medical care, i been elected as Smith-Hughes ln-
many untiring hours oi final check­
Miss Rachel Bueno was dismiss structor at Adrian for the coming
Dale Ledgerwood, U. S. navy, ar­
ing are done away with, prior to
year.
ed April 17.
rived Tuesday to visit his parents.
actual flight. But even with care­
Mr. Reuter, formerly of Union,
Mrs. Jesse Hale was dismissed
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ledgerwood of
ful and untiring work on the part
has been doing cadet teaching ln
April 17.
Lincoln
Heights.
o f the ground crew, many Inci­
the Halfway agriculture depart­
dents occur that tend to make
ment during the past year. Mr.
Here From Utah--
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
B.
Ward
this job the most Interesting In
Oolden Nelbon of Ogden arrived Reuter will arrive In Adrian the
flying. I recall one surprised mom­ of Lincoln Heights have received
ln Nyssa Wednesday to visit friends first of May to assume his duties.
ent that confronted me ln my word that their son. Pvt. Garland
and attend to business. He was a His wife and two small daugh­
Ward,
has
gone
to
a
rest
camp
months of flying. I t occurred on
As the American people mourned the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President Harry dinner guest ol Mr. and Mrs. D. ters will move to Adrian later ln
a landing, when my wheels on the after an attack o f typhoid fever. He Truman, right, assumed the war-time burdens of the chief executive.
the summer.
O. Bybee.
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on
Page
5)
landing gear stuck lo r a brief
^ n
Plans to register all chil-
| dren of veterans of world war 1
I SchOOl TO El6Ct
1945 Officers
i
Designation Is
Given Airport
Interest Shown
In Condensery
Music Festival
Held In Ontario
T h e Service