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THE LA GRANDE EVEIfPf OBSVER, GRANDE, QRKGQN Page Five Tuesday, July 10, 1945 I Markets Classified Adverti Miscellaneous (or Sale U. S. PLANE ACCIDENTALLY BOMBS OWN CARRIER Flame, smoke, debris and ihrapnell fly as 500-pound iomb carried by navy torpedo bomber accidentally dropped on flight deck of unidentified carrier somewhere In Pacific explodes, killing 51 men and lnjurl.ig an unrevealed number. Photo taken at moment after blast, shows mon dropping to deck either to escape blast or became of injuries, Charlotte piker Injured at Pool In Fall Off Board Mm MAKING PIGS OF THEMSELVES When a quartet of 2-months-old pigs of C. S.

Sparlin, near De Queen, showed a decided preference for cow's milk direct from Buttercup, the farmer had to pen them up. Above is barnyard scene that put the pigs in the pen. slim! Wanted to Bent 44 RETURNING OVERSEAS veter an with wife and baby wants furnished house or apartment. Phone-15F2. WANTED TO RENT: Furnished or partly furnished apartment.

Adults. Phone 401-W. Wanted To Rent 6-ROOM MODERN HOUSE by Permanent Tenant. Call 600 WANTED TO RENT: Modern furnished home by Karl R. Stone, phone 962-J or 718.

Real Estate 50 $3500 HOME FOR SALE: Good location, 2-bedroom mod er house, close to grade' school, garden spot, chicken house. Cull at 1317 after 4 p.m. WANTED HOME TO BUY 2 or 3 bedroom, prefer near grade school. Write Box 342, La Grande Evening Observer. Automobiles for Sale 55 WILL PAY CASH for late model.

car, '41 or '42; from private party. Paul Hoffman, Sueajn-wea Hotel. FOR SALE: Model A 1929 truck, $260. Also drag saw in good condition. John Bostwick, Hil-gard.

WILL PAY CASH For good used Car See Manager Washington Apartments Before, TUESDAY Automobile Services 56 JOHN'S BODY SHOP Expert body and fender work. Painting and general overhauling. Mr. Carman, Ave. Phone 932-J.

Legal Notices 60 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The undersigned has filed his final account, as executor of the estate of Dorothea Rothwell. de ceased, with the County Court of tne state of Oregon for Union County, and said court has fixed Friday, the 10th day of August, 1945, at ten o'clock a.m., at the court room of said court, in the courthouse at La Grande, Union County, Oregon, as the time ond place for hearing any and all ob jections to said final account and for the final settlement and distribution of said estate. Dated this 10th day of July, 1945. John E. Rothwell Executor of the Estate of Dorothea Rothwell, Deceased Cochran Eberhard, Attorneys for Executor July 10-17-24-31 No Reservations For Peace Votes WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP) Democrats and republicans on the senate foreign relations committee agreed today any U.

S. reservation giving congress the final decision in each case as to use ot U. S. forces to help preserve world peace would violate the spirit of the united nations charter. Sen.

Eugene D. Millikin, asked Leo Pasvolsky, state department expert- on the security organization, whether a reservation by which the United States would "reserve to itself the right to judge in each case whether it should use armed force and how much would be a violation of the charter," OFFICER VISITS HERE First Lt. and Mrs. Donald Hunker and their son, Billy, returned to La Grande last night after a trip to California which included a visit in Los Angeles with friends and a 10-day stop at the officers rest camp in Santa Barbara. After three days hilre Lieutenant Hunker will go to Camp Blanding, Fla.

He has jusl completed a 60-day leave following his release from a German prison camp. BOMB DOORS A tiny 10-pound air compressor unit has been developed which will open the bomb doors on a B-29 in seven-tenths of a second, an operation that formerly required 18 seconds. This minimizes the bomb run of the B-29 and makes it less of a target for enemy guns. (Continued) DUTCH OVEN and CHICKEN FRYER These are made of cast iron and may be used separately or put together and used as a cooker. Get yours at MELVILLE'S FOR SALE: New Home drop head sewing machine, Hoover vacuum cleaner and all attachments, bird cage and stand, boy's steel wagon, 6-ft.

glass display case, berry crates, small home made auto with Maytug motor, high chair, half gallon jars. Keith Noe, 807 Lake street. SUITCASES, floor lamps, desk lamps, chairs, stoves, beds, magazine racks and many other useful things for the home. TRADING POST WATER GLASSES from 5 to 30c each, water sets pitcher and six glasses, $1.95 and up; Refrigerator sets. Frozen food packaging kit consisting ot moisture proof containers, vapor proof cellophane liners, cellophane bags, tying string and everything necessary for packing frozen foods.

See them at ZIMMERMAN'S. FOR SALE: 1940 Shultz house trailer, 25-ft. tandrum wheels, mahogany i i sh, equipped with Butane. See MV. Card-well at the Carnival grounds after 7 p.m.

FOR SALE: Platinum wedding ring 5 diamonds, size $75. Write box 346, Observer. DINETTE SETS in maple, walnut and Bieaenea tinisn, arop leai or extension tables. Exceptionally well finished. ZIMMERMAN'S GAL.

WIRE FLY SCREEN No restrictions while it lasts. W. H. BOHNENKAMP CO. IDEAS FOR SUMMERTIME Large assortment of straw and cork luncheon mats, colorful, attractive ond practical.

Wooden salad bowls. Refrigerator sacks with zippers. Refrigerator dishes with covers. Plastic bowl covers. See ull of these at MELVILLE'S FOR SALE: One Universal range.

Phone 934-J. FIGURINES by Hedi Schoop we nave many new ones come in and make your selection from the following: Chinese Couple, Dancing Peasant, Angel Heads, Dutch Couple, Marguerita and Margie at FULLER BRUSHES B. T. Kit-terman. Try our all purpose cleaner, tooth brushes, mops, hair brushes, waxes.

403 Spring street, phone 346-J or 950-W. GIFTS AND FINE JEWELRY Charm bracelets and charms, pearls, watches, pins and earrings. THE GIFT SHOP (Formerly Richardson's Art and Gift Shop) Home Furnishings 26A BUILT-WELL Davenports ond chairs to match, covered in Mohair with walnut trim. All spring constructed. ZIMMERMAN'S DINETTE TABLES, Davenos with matching platform rock- ers in many beautiful colors, congoleum rugs, while they last and unfinished chests of drawers in different sizes.

TURN'S FURNITURE STORE FOR SALE: Refrigerator, large 2-door, brand new. Westen-skow Supply, Union, Oregon. Phone 2591. Farm Products Equipment 27 FOR SALE: One John Deere thrashing machine, A-l condition. Inquire of Fred McCoy, Route No.

1, La Grande, Ore. FOR SALE: One stack Alfalfa hay. Phone 18R21. FOR SALE: combine, 69 Model and pick-up reel. Good condition, $6U0.

Grant Wilde, Union, Oregon. FOR SALE: 6-ft. International combine, good condition, 7-ft. John Deere Tractor disc at Willis Wright place. FOR SALE: 4 Minneapolis combine, new last year, la-tt.

pick-up reel with sacking attachment. Phone 13R2. Plants, Garden Supplies 28 LAWN SPRINKLERS, all metal revolving spray, cover 40-ft. area. Weed burners, chicken diners, garden tools of all description.

ZIMMERMAN'S Wanted to Trade or Buy 30 WANTED: Girl's bicycle in good condition. Phono 347-M. Stocks Continue Increased Rises NEW YORK, July 10 (UP) Stocks extended yesterday's rise on Increased volume today. While the rise was on a smaller scale than in the previous session, it too was spread over a broad list. American Telephone, outstanding yesterdayi rose to a new high and then retreated on profit-taking selling until it registered a net loss of more than a point.

Further demand developed for the steel shares. Bethlehem quailed its high and gained more than a point. U. S. Steel rose better than a point: Jones Laugh-lin preferred rose mure thun four points and Crucible preferred more than two points, CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, July 10 (UP) Hogs active, fully steady.

Good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs. and up at 1475, ceiling; good and choice sows at. 14; complete clearance. Cattle calves. choice fed steers and yearlings steady, very slow; medium and good grade weak to 25 cents lower; heifers shared steer decline; other killing classes steady.

Veal-ers 10 down, fully steady; largely steer run; top 17.90; best yearlings 17.75; bulk steers and yearlings besV heifens around 17.25; most beef cows 9.50-12.50; light cutters 8:50 sausage bulls to practical outside heavy beef bulls 15; stock puttie easy, mostly Sheep mostly steady. Popular price 10.35 on good and choice native spring lambs with bucks discounted 1.00; few just good lambs 16 and common light-sort out 13; package good and choice shorn old crop lambs No. 1 pelt 15; shorn toged ewes mainly 8 down; part deck good and choice kind 8:15, including siz able percentage- two and thi-ee-yeur-old ewes. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, July 10 (UP) Cattle 75, calves 50. Scant supply low grade cattle steady.

Fall lot common steers 13.00; heifers absent; cutter-common cows 7.75-10.50; canners down to 6.50; odd head common sausage bulls 0.00; few mediurti-good vcalers 14.00- ls.oo. 4 Hogs 25 "Active, steady at ceiling prices. Barrows and gilts 15.75; sows and slugs 14.50-15.00; choice quotuble to 22.00. Sheep 100. Choice lumbs scarce.

Few early sales medium-good lambs 12.00-13.00; full lot good-choice yearlings 10.50; few good feeding lambs 10.00; common down to 8.00. Bowman Takes. Job With U. P. Shops Albert Forrest Bowman, recently acquitted unanimously by the jury on a charge of murder in the death, of Albert (Bert) Bowman, his father, is planning to Work in the Union Pacific shops in Pendleton, his wife announced today.

Bowman, who is now haying on his North Powder ranch, has been offered a job with the forest service, Mrs. Bowman said, but prefers to move to a new locality and start a new type of work. NEW CLOSING Vei Welo, manager of the so-ciul security board in this area, today received official notification from the offce of the president that all government agoncies are now on a 44-hour basis, with an eight hour day Mondays through Fridays and four hours on Saturday, allowing them to be closed Suturday afternoons. Window Screen Wire! We have just received galvanized fly screen in' the following widths: 40-in. and IS-in.

No Quantity Restrictions Bohnenkamp's ram 2 OPEN FOR BUSINESS July ll Ais rood store, union, Oregon. Personal Service 13 DR. J. E. WOODELL, Chiroprac tor ana Naturopath.

West-Jucobson phone 1 04. Closed Suturday afternoon. Services Misc. 15 REPAIR OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES: Irons, toasters, waffle irons, coffee)- makeJ-s, washing machines and electric razors. ROSENBAUM'S 1412 Adams Avenue CHARIS HOME CORSETRY Girdles, foundations and bras.

Mrs. Celia Gates, 2104 Greenwood street, phone 612-W. WANTED: Lawnwork and spading, will care for your yard while you vac a i n. Call Choates Cigar Store, 926-J. BICYCLE FOR SALE Repair work, motorcycle parts and accessories.

LA GRANDE CYCLE SHOP 219 Fir St. Phone 728 LA GRANDE ELECTRIC Wiring, Repairs Contracting. SIRRINE ROUNDY 116 Depot St. Phone 93 PROMPT REPAIR ot typewrit ers, adding macmnes, ana ouiei-type of office machines. All work guaranteed.

Official UNDERWOOD Agency for Union, Baker, Wallowa, Harney and Grant counties. We call for and deliver. HALL'S TYPEWRITER SERVICE 109 Depot St. Phone 401 Schools Instruction 17 CORNET BARITONE Lessons, 2104 Greenwood, Walter warn. PRIVATE LESSONS in Modern Ballroom dancing.

Mrs. James S. Clark, call 466-J between 5 and 7 p.m. for appointments. Building Services 18 FARM WIRING Complete jobs, house, barns, outhouses.

Done under state wiring code, under direct inspection of Oregon State Electrical inspector. TALBOTT ELECTRIC CO. 220 Fir St. Phone 666 Building Supplies 19 PAINTS Just a few gallon of outside white paint at a REDUCED PRICE. We also have paint thinner, turpentine, and 1 oil.

i -j PAINT STORE" Hauling Storage 20 TRANSFER STORAGE Local and Long Distance Moving, Piano moving. Packing and crating. All types of delivery service. Heavy hauling. SMITH BROS.

MOVING SERVICE 215 Fir Phone 88 Situations Wanted 23 HEAVY DUTY mechanic, freight and logging trucks, gas or die-sel, thoroughly understand Cummins engines, would like steady job. Best of references. Write Box 347, Evening Observer. WILL KEEP HOUSE for bachelor or widower in La Grande or vicinity. Box 345, Observer.

WANTED: Light housekeeping for employed couple or will care for small child for parents employed. Box 344, Observer. Help Wanted 24 WANTED: 10 laborers 95c on hour, 10 carpenters, $1.37 an hour, 9 hour day, 6 days week. 13th and streets. ESTABLISHED ROUTE in Union County, over 900 farm families.

Watkins Products. Excellent earnings and post-war opportunities. Write the J. R. Wat-kins company.

4512 Hollis Oakland 8, California. IF YOU LIVE in Union county, if you can talk the farmer's language, if you have a car, or if your income is les than $1.50 per hour, write H. F. Dun-lap, 435 River Road, Eugene, Oregon. Merchandise 25A SOMETHING NEW in novelty scrim curtains, extra heavy weave, $3.65 a pair at ZIMMERMAN'S SOME MERCHANDISE RELEASED Staplers, staples, clip boards, clamps, paper clips, scotch tape 15c size and gifts galore.

SHORB'S STATIONERY Typewriters Office Machines Phone 111 Miscellaneous for Sale 26 INNER SPRING SINGLE MATTRESS $34.95. Full size $39.95 GAMBLE STORE FOR SALE FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS Located at Cove All New Equipment Good Location for Meat Market See LEN RONNE at Cove Special Notice Continued La Grande Observer A community and Family Newspaper Published Every Afternoon except Sundays and Holidays By the Grande Bonds Valley Publishing Company 1710 8th Street La arande, Oregon Phone La drande 000 This la a politically Independent -publication promoting the best In-' Wrests of northeastern Oregon. National Representatives 1 Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City, hot Angeles, New York, St. Louis, i San Francisco, Cincinnati Lorenzen antf Thompson, Ino. Member ABO Subscription Rate By'' Carrier Per Year Per Month 1-00 By Mall Per Year Six Months .7 Three Month All Subscriptions In Advance Entered as- second class matter at tbe'Post Office bf La Grande, Oregon under the aof'Ot" March 8, 1897, United Press (full Leased Wire) Classified Advertising -information AU Classified; Advertising Is accepted subject to the rules and regulations or the -Bonde Valley Publishing company, which will not be responsible for any; errors -after the first insertion ond, the right to properly classify all advertisements, nhtM.tlnnnhle words or sent- enoea or to refuse-any advertisement.

CASH BATES The oush rate (shown below repre-tente a 28 discount for payment i within five days. MINIMUM INSERTION FOUR LINES Insertions Per Line One 1 Three Four 8o Five Bo Six 714 Count four and one-half words to the line. Contract Rates on Request PHONE 600 aik for the Ad-Taker or a representative will call at your office. VITAL STATISTICS Births METSOPULOS To Mr. and Mrs.

Angel" Metsopulos, La -Grande, a daughter, July 6, St. Joseph's hospital. WARD Tt5 and Mrs. Merle Ward, La Grande, a daughter, July 8, St. Joseph's hospital.

SWART to Mr. and Mrs- Roy Swart, La Grande, a son, July 8, St. Joseph's hospital. HIATT To Mr. and Mrs.

J. C. Wintt -ImhW. a son. July 9.

Grande Rondo hospital. i DUTLI To Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Dutli, Enterprise, twin July '10! St. Joseph's hos pital.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY department', stores TALK'S La GrandeJS Better Store FURNITURE STORE ZIMMERMAN'S The home of lovely furniture. GIFTS THE GIFT SHOP Gifts, Diamonds and Watches (Formerly Richardson's Art and Gift Shop) MJSLVILLE'S Oinner ware, glass ware and House ware. HARDWARE ZIMMERMAN'S every use, from tacks to stoves. Special Notice 12 LILE A Y. NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICER for the Disabled American Veterans, will-be in La Grande Saturday, July 14, too a i a new chapter of the D.A.V.

in La Grande. Meeting will be held in the city commission rooms at 7 p.m. The D.A.V. is the third largest patriotic organization irfMhe' U.S.A. All men with C.D.p., medical discharge or men with 'service disability are Please Attend.

DON'T Take it to the FIXIT SHOP. First class repairing oh all mechanical appliances, furniture and radios. THJ6 FIXIT SHOP 218 Fir pt. Phone 487-W FAIRWAY ELECTRIC Bring your electrical troubles to us Nothing toq large or too smau for us to repair. New fixtures for homef and office.

L. r. JOHNSTON 107 Depot St. Phone 763 PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM can be rented at the FAIRWAY' ELECTRIC 107Deprif5t. Phone 763 Charlotte Spiker, 10-year-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Spiker, is a patient at arande Ronde hospital' where' a physician is determining the extent of her injuries in an accident at Pine Cone swimming pool Sunday afternoon. A group was playing tag when the girl, who is a good swimmer, fell the seven or eight feet from the high divil.ig board, landing on her head on the cement edge of the pool. Miss Spiker is rated as a senior life guard, having passed the required tests. Her physician today had not determined the extent of her injuries, though hospital attendants said she was "doing well," Mrs.

Spiker said her daughter had beat temporarily blinded, but her vision Is returning. Fuel Shortage to Get Worse Shortly PORTLAND, July 10 (UP) Fuel shortage in the northwest is going to get worse before it gets better. Rail congestion will bo an added factor. So indicated James Miksack of the national OPA solid fuel of fice, in Seattle, here in Portland for conference with George Cur ry, district fuel section head. Officials asked those buying coal, wood or sawdust despite hot weather to continue as long as supplies last.

They were also asked to make fuels on hand go 20 percent further. Those who huve not obtained 50 percent of their sawdust sup ply by August must consider conversion to coal. Much wood has been lost through major mill shutdowns, Miksack pointed out. Portland he said, uses 21 percent of the northwest's supply of domestic wood fuel. The overall picture coal, now easier to get than wood, would be helped if consumers would buy more of the cheaper grades.

Case Assured Tide Land Titles Quiet OLYMPIA, July 10 (UP) Otto A. Case, Wind commissioner was assured today the Washington congressional delegation- is supporting house resolution No. 122 quieting titles to tide lands. Rep. Henry M.

Jackson, told Case in a letter that "this resolution was reported favorably by th-3 house judiciary committee and will be brought up for a vole in the house in the very near future." Jackson said in his opinion "there seems to be little question but that it (the resolution) will receive fuovrablo action by congress in the very near future." COMMISSION MEETS SALEM, July 10 (UP) First meeting of the newly created Oregon civil service commission with its provisional director, William Grifflh, professor of psychology ut Reed College, in Portland, is scheduled for late today. Sj $45,000 Will He Used to Advertise Oregon in Papers July 10 (UP) The Oregon state highway commission appropriated an addition al $45,000 to be used in advertising Oregon in national maga zines. The campaign will begin this Winter. The new appropriation brings the budgeted amount for1 1945 advertising to $80,000. W.

M. Tug-man of Eugene, chairman of the commission travel and recrea tional advisory committee, asked the additional amount. Commissioner Arthur W. Schaupp, Klamath Falls, staled he expected tourist travel to begin by next year. 13 Yanks Lost As Transport Sinks PARIS, July 10 (UP) Thirteen American soldiers were lost and 20 others were wounded last Dec.

28 when a ship carrying most of the U. S. 15th army's headquar ters staff lb France was sunk by a German torpedo or mine in the English channel, it can be revealed today. Maj. Gen.

Ray E. Porter, then commander of the headquarters staff, was not aboard the ship, identified as the British-owned Empire Javelin. The Empire Javelin sailed from Britain on the morning of Dec. 28 with 268 officers and enlisted men aboard and had reached mid-channel ut 2:30 p. m.

when the explosion occurred. Jap's Last drip On Borneo Threatened MANILA), July 10 (UP) Japan's last grip on Borneo's vital oil was threatened today as Gen. Douglas MacAr)hur unnounced Dutch amphibious forces had made two new. landings on the north shore of Balikpapan bay while Australian troops wcru wiping out trapped defenders of the gloat Pandtinsai'i refineries. The, Dutch fighters landed on Teloktebang and Kariantio peninsulas completing encirclement of the lower Balikpapan bay on its eastern, western and northern shores.

They were opposed by determined upanese small oims fiie from the shore and fium the decks of enemy river craft. HIGH COURT HOPE With announcement that Supreme Court Associato Justice Owen J. Roberts will retire July 31, Los Angeles "insiders" started work on their speculating and came up with "inside" info that Federal udge Perrson M. Hall (above) might succed Roberts to the high court post. mo.

Swears the Story Is True SEDALIA, July 10 (UP) George Emo, said he felt a tug on his line while fishing in Flat ercok. He pulled it in to find he had hooked a perch, a snake anil two turtles. The snake had swallowed the fish, and the turtles had swallowed the snake, one UK' head and the other the tail. That's Emu's story, anyhow. HEATED LIFE BAG A flouting casualty bag has been developed that is electrically heated to maintain normal body temperature at all times, that ullnws the injured man to be freed of tight clothing und pro perly bandaged, is equipped with strap handles on each side to facilitate carrying, and that will float a 1911-pound man in water.

MSB CEDd HORSE SALE Friday, July 13th 19 GOOD WORK HORSES Usual Kun of Cuttle and Hogs La Grande Livestock Comm. Co. Wanted to Rent or Lease on long term basis Furnished house for member of Evening Observer Staff Call 600 La Grande Evening Observer anna? KNDEO WHISKEY proof. 60 groin n.utrot iplrlll. Schonio, Dlillltri Core, N.Y.C..

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