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8 - Thursday, June 12, 1930 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Svn ' JERSEY PRIMARY IS DRAWING NEAR The NEW Goodyear Heavy Duty Balloon Big Names and Prohibit ion Law Intensify Inter 1 est in July 17 Vote. f NKWAKK, N. J. (AP) In a nutubli) contest for tlie republican nomination for L'nitcd States sen ator. New Jersey lias placed prohi bition us the paramount issue, t Standing1 for repeal of the eight eenth amendment nd restoration to Individual states the right to dc terniine their attitude on liquor traffic is J) wight Morrow, class male of Calvin Coolidge, ambassa dor to Mexico, and a delegate to thn London naval conference, Morrow will be opposed at the .primary June 17 by ItepresontuUvo Franklin W. Fort, formerly seero- tary of the republican national committee, and floor leader of tho l forces that nominated Hoover. Kort jkimequi vocally advocates continu nince of the present prohibition fiuws. & -& Joseph S. Frulinghuysen, inti f inate of Harding when ho was l president, and formerly a member h of the senate, seeks the ituiniiuition k on a platform advocating control I Jjy tlie govern men t of tho liquor traffic, and John A. Kelly, the ?- fourth contestant, designated him self as a "regular republican op--posed to prohibition." i j As is frequently the case, there jj'ls no opposition in the democratic . primary. Alexander Simpson, fur- H"nerly a state senator, sceks the ong term and Miss Thclma Park ' iiLSon, a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1 tt-S, is striving for the short term. !: : Morrow and Kelly both are sook- Jng the nomination for the unex v .ijured term of Walter V.. 'KUge, who jy -resigned to bcromo ambassador to France, and for the full six-year ! . term. Frelinghuysen recently wlth S:'drew liis candidacy for tho short I term and Fort's petition covered ionlv the full term. fm Home of Morrow's supporters sought to have lilm withdraw for jf :the short term, believing since Ills n mm would appear onco for tho ir. short period and again lor Die long, I -many voters might be confused i'-imd mark the ballot but once, lie tilt lined, saying lie would "not re " sort to political subterfuge." imihCK imns aimmiovki. WA8HINOTON, Juno 12 (A'i) - IMans of tho Oregon highway commission for a bridgo across J loqim i-ten Slough, Tillamook county, have been approved by (he war department. NO MORE CORNS OR CALLOUSES Tlnrd or Soft Corn. Corns betweon the toR or on thn top nr bottom of lh feet now ilHtipMHr instiintly. '. END-O-COHN lakes thttm all off ever, timo-i- no pain, no fuss, just apply at nitehl (.' and walk with cornfnrt- mtxt morninir. Wc c BND-O-COKN hut if you liva trio fr. nwiiy write: KNU-O-COHN LA H O It A TORIES. 4 (;arfnlil Bhri.. CIiIchko, - who-" Ml sue that you rcccivu a jV :- Moon lirug Co. Adv., Somebody's Anniversary? , A lovely boquet or plant will remember the event with beauty and frag rance. Prices are moder ate. Just phone Main 1-6 ROHAN'S FLOWER SHOP New Foley UUlg. Edison Returns To West Orange From Florida FOIIT MY KUS, Fla.. June 11! (A.I) Thomas A. Kdlson, who told interviewers that he would urge President Hoover to seek a second term, said goodbye to his mliiiaturo , rubber plantation hero and returned to his homo at West Orange, N, J., to continue his ex periments there. Mr. Kdison carries with him to New Jersey a completo her barium of plants uud weeds which havo been found to contain a per centage of rubber in tho process of moro than 10,000 tests. Mo also carries buck to his northern workshop drawings of u miniature rubber "still," a ma chl no by which ho hopes to be a bl to extract rubber "juloo" from golden rod. Tanned by the sun. tho S3-y ear-old inventor is greatly Improved In health uud said he expects to put in nn active summer. Ho still works from 1 - to 14 hours a day und takes no holidays. Edison told nowspapermen "Hie United States government is the most Inefficient big business or ganization in operation toduy," but he added ho did not ultimo the president. Two vast sizo of tho business was responsible. Asked concerning tho soundness of big business mergers, ho re plied: "Mergers are sound up to the point whero tho vast slzo of tho business tends to mismanagement. The government is the worst man aged business in tho United Slates." Asked if ho favored y?h wages for labor, Mr. Fdlson, who works 14' hours a day nnd enjoys it, said: "Certainly, why not. give the la borer a good wugo ns long as the business ho works for Is making money?" PASSENGERS CALM WHILE FIRE SUBDUED HOHTON, Juno 12 (AD The women, "God bless 'em," acted Jlko majors. A. K. Abbott, of Quln c bronzed first sergeant of ma rines, said in describing a four hour batllo against fire and dead ly smoke us flames blanketed the Kaii-fax utmost instantly after the collision. "With a, terrible death staring them In tho face," he said, "they assembled, gasping for breath,. In the si em of the liout while t he apparently Impossible task of sav ing the ship was undertaken by u II aboa rd. "Huddled In a group with un conscious forms nil about them, they refused to become, panic stricken and thus allowed all the men to work in putting out the fire." Kcrgcunl- AbbjjtL praised also the spirit of the men passengers. Af ter the first shock of tho blast, they set to work, manned hoses and made no effort to get to life boats until the Gloucester was ready to make the transfer, .ho said. Taking no credit for himself, Sergeant Abbott told of the heroic efforts of four, other marines und six navy officers, who, h mild, "really saved tho ship. Hut for tlie effort of these men tlie Fair fax would have been lost and all aboard her burned to death or drowned." IIIXI) TO (iltAM) .M ltV i'UKTLAN'D, Ore.. June 1 (AD Kd ward Thompson, l'ort land, was held to the grand jury Tuesday on ' a charge of second degree murder in connection with tho death of Harry Nordstrom, taxlcab driver. Thompson is alleged to have struck Nordstrom with his fist. Tho International Automobile Cup raco from 1'arls to' Iyons, a distance of 351 miles, in 1900 was won by Ferdinand Charron, French j driver, who averaged il8.4 miles I an hour. Forty-Second Year of Friendly Service ?Ca (granite Natumal iBauk G00DYEARS Fresh Stock Tires & Tubes E. C. GETTINGS Garage Elgin Complete Stock GOODYEAR TIRES Davis Super Service Union, Ore. Phone 322 ally o 1 U JN JN 1 JN G 1 IRK A re " ' ' you ought to It isn't enough to call the new Goodyear Heavy Duty Balloon an extra-mileage tire it's an -extra-' style tire as well. Once your car is shod with them, it takes on a new and smarter look; it stands proudly on a more solid and distinctive foundation. In the first place this new Heavy Duty Balloon is bigger, handsomer, more massive; and around its sleek black side-walls runs a single identifying stripe of silver. Then the outer rows of All -Weather blocks on both sides of the deep-cut extra-thick tread are THE GREATEST BBMBIJM1JUI1 Goodyear can give you greater tire values because Goodyear builds more than prismed down into the side-wall, a touch as arresting as anything in modern sculpture. The essential merit of this tire of course is in its capacity for extra mileage it is made stronger and tougher in every part to withstand hard, fast, rocky-road driving. Before you buy your next tire be sure you see this stunning Goodyear Heavy Duty you owe it to yourself not to overlook its remarkable advantages. of all the tires sold in A mtriea, the remainder being divided among some forty manu facturers. 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