La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 29, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Texts ' Wednesday, May 29, 1929 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE. ! WOuIEN DESCRIBE ESCAPE IN CHINA . ' Looting of Lungyeii&chow Mission in Amoy Told , in Vivid Narrative. AMOY, riihm, Mity Sft (AP) Although HtUl HUfftTtriK from ner voiim Hhiirk, yr. H. Holleman umt Min. Henry I'opnn were ahto toriny to lell HotiiVthin of thHr ; thrilling oxporlcmfM (1111-11117 th 'looting of Dip l.uiiKypnehow mis sion und their eseane to Amoy In I'hinoKO i-lothiiiK. I MiK. llollfmun's husband. Dr. Ilolloninn, of ininjrnHU. Houth Jtakotu, wtiH kidnaped the Chin who kiiI1 they nerdi-d him to itrwn their wounded. The refuge j wild l hat 2.000 Communist ho I ill era jittucked tho niiwHionary compound ! f tho American Unformed Presby terian inlKMon. , We had risen early and wore .rfiiinho.1 Willi hrenkfuKi, Mik. Pop. len, wife of n missionary who - Truped, huIiI. "1 wjih leaching my iinu Kenneth when rifle firing he- nn near our ho tune and enemy i. ; -iroopM were neen approaching. t. t;ltealiiting -the diinger. 1 hurried &vllh tho children, to tho Klrl'ji . rhool. There wuh no tlnte to rol- oh(-i jtenuinul effeotH, Mrs. Holle- ifKin. with her children Joined us Jjiil Ihn school. II hi In limply llniisn ThiH locution Hoon became pre- ririjig their rifle recltl'rsjdy. . Ve ntimptcd to enter the homes or ft'hfucHa frlcndH. -Imt they refused, Jinving no room ror tin und feeiinjr 1 hat our presence, mlglit endanger the liven of the entire Chinese fam ily. However, oilier 'nines friends gave iiH Chines clothing und di rected tin to an empty Iioiiho where we hid throughout tho day. Con sequently 1 do not know tho de tailed activities of the looting troops throughout the day. f Aftor dark we. dressed In tho 1 Chinese clothes and eroBsed the I river to, the other tilo of the city 1 where other Chinese friends re reived find assisted um. makings ar rangements for our depart ure to Amoy. These friends Insisted that we go quickly,, since to remain at l.ungycnehow endangered hoth them und ou rue I von. "We ute Hitch Chinese food' as could bo obtained along the way. Tho iniserahltt stopping places were mado woino by a heavy rnln which poured upon uh In torrents. This jnndo tho road Slippery and dangerous w hun tin veiling after dark. : f-t ' - - - Might of Horrors "Saturday night, Mny 25, cannot he fully described. It was so full of horrors, fears of bandits, near exhaustion and rain storms. The rain was pouring, lightning flashed and the thunder echoed through tho mountains. Wo were wot to rthe kin and the children were cry--lng and tired, often wading knee deep through muddy water." ' ITof we did It. 1 don'j: know." . . . '. Mrn.'Poppen snid tout u Chlneso school teacher nnd 0110 faithful ser vant accompanied the pnrty. Only tw4 sedan chairs could he . ob- Jained which meant the wornen itnd children had to mostly walk for in ore than ftfiy miles over rough 'mountain paths before they were .able to obtain better means ot, . transportation. They kept .crawl ing over mountain artcr mountain until long after dark, stopping only for a few hours for necessary rest and then starting again by moonlight.. Kfforts to commiinlcnie with Dr. Holleman have been unavailing ns his whereabouts arc not known. OUT OUR WAY ' 1 ' ' 1 1 " - . - " s XI - s ive discovereo Ay OH, ATS Tme House; wrMour r; ' j sx.b Pit 'WilllanM LnM.n!.M ',l flrirt fllaht Jntohe at I'cM.lo li hv no difficulty Of William!. Champion (IOCS Htu -(..r Kullr.:.Th..wli. ! Into Quest For 1 rt.i,: r.. M,,ot nne vei" i" " UOlIlntr VirOWFI '"t honir of III. Jlin -Mi ll In AtMnonlnir I was jtatrM off with hl bra... .. ner will meet ; Lester .Culenian. Kiir..liowln r - KluaMl hy hU ei!tmHl)ip- re turn to form ywMerlH,v,. when he Mliot u TS. nne over par tn tie far UKll ji mn rrunoiflifH, rnnmpion or Iijiv ixioi mu jrnr iMiiKwttiru iin t qnmt for 11 third micoeiwlve title J (A.ocl,.tel Pres. Sports Writer) :1'h Tounjr Wnrton Kiillcr of . lKI. MONTH. 'nl. , Slnyi J ""-- -...- . , ' (Al" Kurvlvmn of the 31 hulo ' .ilclliiHh'n J net n record for ilimllfylnK trlubi, the eelei-t S3 of tho course on which the national 'the ll!! ("nlllornla nnmteur solt chnmplnnahlp will l pluyrd In I rhnmplhnxhlii. mi I roil off tnduy lu Koptember. . Mi:llunh expet'ted (Warren Johnuon nnd John Uejthus fur alamped blm ua I'nolo, IjpH.AnRelea entrnntN. v i IIUKh'a atroniceat vomfit;ior. ' In the tower bracket, Kay Col ' v ., . - . . .-- -i: man of AngelcM, Joint holder) "': HponKoa are being anld for. flow..' I with Mention of inednl . honor, ' (nut:! In fti-oi-it'ia. ' .v i ' I - J - -lij fjfJkliwSundayJtmffl EASTBOUND No: 18 Poi;tlnnd Limited will leave 3:20 A. M. instead of 9:15 P. M, , ; No. 20 Continental Limited will leave 8:00 P.M. In stead of 4:05 A. M. . , . WESTBOUND : No. 17 Portland Limited will leave 12:20 A. M. iiiHteatl of 6:10 A. iM. : U.v'-,i ,r, . .vv, ,;, : No., 10 Continental Limited "will leave ft :40 A.' M. stead of 1:10 l W- v ,;.. .,V in- XOTKi Thcrp lll lx no l imine In tlnnt In Irula. UJ ami 2"! or mi llic .low'iili llwm'fcw. ti,iir. '..'.! ,frj.v.l Imbler School ! Closed For The j Summer Vacation I K.IIT llSTIO.NKI CMCAilO, May I'll (AI1) Dif- I ficuh' with federal revenue lux' cullt-ctttrH 'today caused .. t'romoler j Ity Mrt. O. M. link (Observer t'orrespondent) ' IM Ml. Kit, Ore. (Special) "Sito Vess In a journey not u destination," so snid 11. K. Inlow, president of the Kastern t)reuon Normal school. ns he fimlreHKetl tlie nenlor class or i t.uii u .,ui h,iun. the Imbler Illfcrh school ut tho com- ball champions of the district, mencefent exercises held in Wude ( They p:iy(Mi OVory school In Kast liall Inst tVldny ovehintr. There rn Oregon within tntvellnp dls ,wuro eleven studenu In tho Kradu- J tance, having played nioro Riunes jatiiifi class. Tho hUiko was beauti- than any other school in this dls- They were seated In tho order of battlntr avernKe. tVach K In tf acted us toastmaster. Tho evenlnff was spent vlslttmr. Those present, be- 1 side the host and hostess were: Krn n k MvK on non. w ho has um - i plred all the Karnes on tho homef.llm -Mullen to Indefinitely piist flehl, Trof. It. 1.. Morgan, Hussol pone the ten round mnleh- between McKennon. Zuck rugh. l-'rod . Sammy , Miindell. world's, lluht i'rousor. (iene I'erry, Kmery OH- j weight champion, and dmils ver. J.ylo I .ed hotter, heonanl Wag- , "Kid"', Kaplan, former' feather oner, MnVlon 1'ujrli, t'llfford Ton- weight tllleholdor, selieduletl fijr rail, Charles Lewis, Arnold Mas- Kriday nlpht. t tei-s and Woodros Westenskow. ,m'mu -u-rr-m i-mr jmoiiT is jusuy prouu 01 iih iiuw For further infovmotion ;va!l on itent named beJow.--.vfi , . .. ... .t . . .i x, J. H. KEENEV, Ajrcnt, Li Grande, Ore. '; 20 Members Attend Meeting of Grange 11 jr Ixls XVItlicTsnoon (Observer t'orrespondent) rrtK'KKT Kf.AT (Special) Cricket Flat nfrano held its roRU- lar meotint?' Saturday evening at the Highland school house. There were about 20 mom hem present, f The secretary was instructed to send fin order for twine for the members'. As the lecturer was un able to ho present there was no program -'prepared but tho lectur er's' hour was spent in singing nones nnd reading interesting news items. Delicious refreshments were served at tho close of the meeting by thfe home economic committee. The Misses Averil ' Stewart and illcna Stewnrt left Saturday even- I Ing for--thelr homo In Corvnllls I where they spend the minim or I vacation. I Jlomer Greene left Satin-day for Portland where ho will be em l ployed In a mill. His father ac I compnnicd him toj Pendleton. I .owe! I and Glenn Fuller left I Saturday for Pondosn where they will spend the vacation with their I pi rents. , Mr. nnd Mrs. Leonard Parsons jL&nd family wore visitors at the "home of Mr. Parson's brother-in law- nnd sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Jtotth-t, Sunday. ' Mr. an; Mrs. Haymond Waelty and daughter, Zttta, were Sunday ftfternoon visitors ut the home of Mr. and Mm. C K. Cameron. Mm, It a y m on d V city nnd daughter. Zetta, and Nfrs. Mary AVaelty were I -a Grande visitors Thursday. The friends of Mrs. Halbrock re gret to barn that sho is very low. She In at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Bernal Hug. . fully decorated in lilacs, tho class colors belny orchid and silver. Kach of the girls carried a bou quet of orchid sweet peas. , Gladys Hillings wns valedictorian of the class, having made an average dur ing the. four years of 97 and had held several offices In. the student body and was editor of the school papt'i. Catherine My K inn Ik . gave the Salutatory' address, Maying made some very commendable grades during J the course , und served tho school In many social jictlvltieK, being hend of tho social department of tho paper staff. Prof. It. L. Morgan presented the prize given by the I best al Hillings received this prize which was a beautiful bracelet. The'di plomas were presented by Itay W'ilwin, chairman of the school ' board. Those receiving tlielr di plomas were Joslo I tobbs. Gladys Hillings. Kula Ott, Catherine Me K funis. Lea Ha Ott, Leonard Wag oner, Kmery Oliver, Kred Crousor, Marion Pugh, Gene Perry nnd Zuck Pugh. Coach and Mrs. Km enicrtalncd the high school bam-ball team last Tuesday evening. May 21. with a chill feed. The baseball Idea wast carried out In the table dccOra iIoiih. Three bats with other para phcnalia. Including u new baseball inscribed with the season's scores, being the centerpiece. The place card were In tho form ot baseball bats, giving the players positions and batting average for the season. irlict, tosing but one out of the ten and that to Knterprfso whom they had previously defeated. Marlon Pugh was captain of this year's team. Lyle Ledbettef, this year's short stop and relief pitcher, was elected captain of next year's team. Tho Summervlllo comelery asso ciation will serve dinner and sup per at the Masonic hall In Hummer-; Villi' 'Memorial' dlly.'""" l '"'"V""' ; J. K. Woods returned' last Hun day from Medford where ho, had spent tho week as delegate to grand lodge from the I. O. O, F, lodge of Sumhiervillo. 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