La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 12, 1930, Page 7, Image 7

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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
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G00DYEARS
Fresh Stock
Tires & Tubes
E. C. GETTINGS
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Complete
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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. "More people ride
on Goodyear Tires than en
any other kind. "
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