La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 23, 1930, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, August 23, 1930 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Five DJDDAIL ' " Visit Ins Here , Mr. and Mrs. J. McDonald, of Kla math Palls, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ray Buell, of this city, on their re turn from a trip Into, Iduho. Mrs. McDonald was formerly Ingles Cover, of this city, and remarks that she notices many changes since she was here three years ago. At the Hotels Among those registered at local hotels are:' Mike Hannon, Pendleton; R. S. Chrlstcnson,. Portland; Hugh Perin, Starkey; John Pedrol, Starkey; Murray Marshal, Portland; S, A. ABrentnall, Portland;,;Wallace N. Hill, Washington, D. C; . J. T. Brecken, Spokane; W. C. Bailey, Caldwell; and the Rev. G.. R. Higgonbotham, Oak land. ' -V . ..'! . I Left Thursday Mrs. J. R. Rhodes left Thursday on No. 20 lor Cincinnati, O., to at tend the national G. A. R. conven tion. She was elected first delegate of the. Daughters of the Union Vet erans of the Civil war. From Portlund Vv . 'Ed Smith, of Portland, Is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ted Hansen, on a weeks vacation. First Church of Christ, Scientist : Services at this church tomorrow open at . 11 a. m.' with "Mind" the subject of the lesson sermon. The golden tex will be, Who hath knowrt the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? - Rom. 1 1 :34 ) ." Sunday school is held at 9:45 a. m. for children up to 20 years. The Wednesday evening ''-meeting,- which includes testimonies of healing, is at 8 o'clock. . ; l J 1 jl I fulokland Promoted- i ' J. P. (Wallace, manager of the Un ion: Oil company here, has gone to Bend. Walter J. Blokland has been promoted to the position formerly held by Mr. Wallace, ' " '- ' u'i Traffic Accidents , Cars driven by L.i-B. Pierce and Irma "Jiiessin, both of La Grande, collideu at 4:50 o'clock yesterday af ternoon at East Adams. Fred Bye re ports that his machine and another car figured in a collision at 6:15 p. m. QUALtTYJRRINTINQ NELSON: Opposite Post Office Super Sale ; Ladies' shoes, group 1 ; '. values i to J h . d -g f Q $4.00 tpl.yo Ladies' shoesgroup II 1 values to d?0 flO !t5.00 , ,. tP6VO Ladies' Arch-Support Shoes $2.98 $3.98 $4.98 'Boys' Outing,, $1.79 bhoes .... Men's Work Shoes $1.88 and $2.69 Boys' Bib Overalls, sizes 3 to 13 59c STl 1 DEPT. STORES - mf IN THE WB3T ; ..." Storo No. 13 La Grande, Ore. I 1 rr n nn with THE FLYING FLEET v Sunday - Monday r. at ; Gekeler Field Free Exhibitions Parachute Jumps EKDEujrjsgjs ' - - .Ij Mrs. Campbell is mui yesterday at East N and Willow, one was injured. Attends Convent Ion i Ml', ft nil Mm C V Uannaccntf f turned to La Grande this morning from California, where they attended the national Eacles convention in iiii;ibuu irom Aug. ll lO 10, ' i inclusive. They then visited In Los ' 1 Angeles and also stopped in Portland I to visit relatives on their return trip. ! They report a very interesting, con- j vention and fine weather throughout their journey. Some 25,000 Eagles j were in attendance at the convention. Much consideration was given the unemployment problem and a com- mittee was appointed to interview t President Hoover and also take the matter before congress. Mr. Happer- sett, who Is local secretary and state treasurer, was a delegate both from the La Grande and the Oregon aerie. I j I In 1 4i (Jranclp ' I Mis Iva M. Close, of Minneapolis, was In La Grande on Friday visiting I Mrs. J. C. Camp. Miss Close was 'formerly an instructor in the Lewis- i ton. Ida., normal school and Is, now a I teacher in the Junior high school in the Twin Cities. She was en route from Boise to Spokane and then will go to Minneapolis for the opening of school. Return Home i Ml', and Mrs. Oscar Crossen re turned home last night from a four day trip by car. They first went to Boise and returned home by way of Lcwiston and Walla Walla. Visiting Aunt , Miss Gracie Fugate is visiting here ; from Walla - Walla with her aunt, j Mrs. Ida Moats for a week. , F, E. Waelchll Coming 1 The Rev. F. E. Waelchll. who has made yearly visits to La Grande and other western points for many years, is now in Walla Walla and will ar . rive In La Grande Monday evening, I Aug. 25, to deliver a series of lec tures Aug. 26, 27 and 28. From here ne win go to Baker anc tnen to jus home in Cincinnati. ' Leavc This Morning Miss Frances Kelly, accompanied by Bess Geibel, Veda Hogensen, Ralph Gelbel and Donald Culp, left this morning by car for Portland where they will spend a couple days visit- ing friends. Monday they will drive to Turner to spend the weejc attend- ing trie annual unrisnan r-naeavor summer conierence. . Arrives Last Night . Mr. and Mrs. . Tate and daughter, Miss Marie Tate, arrived in La Grantje last e veiling from, Parma, Idaho. Miss Tate will leave .In the morning for the C. E. conference at Turner, Ore. Mr. and Mrs, Tate re turned home today. v , ; , , - ' Returned Home Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rose, of fDayton, Wash., returned home yesterday after visiting at the home of their daugh ter, Mrs. Joe Miller, for the past few days. "'. I Leaving Totlav Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Elam and Mrs. C. W. Hungerford ' and daughter, Ruby, are leaving Saturday, morning for Bend, where they will visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hurigerford.' They expect to return home Monday. - Do You Get Any; JOY Out of Life on Washday? MAIN 56 STANDARD LAUNDRY CO. .00 lieturnliiK to Portland- Mrs. Ray Rasmussen, who was call ed here by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Lottie Campbell, will return to her home In Portland to morrow after remaining here a week. Mrs. Campbell is much Improved, Sleet With Leader I The Aweagon group of Bluebirds met with their leader. Miss Elizabeth Hesse, Thursday afternoon, and made plans for and began work on n do11 "ouse, which they will furnish . Z7" TOIjAN FT.ASHRS TO TAPE IN 9.7: CONGER VICTOR (Continued from Page One) equalled the official world ficures sared by the famous Earl Thomson ",m wennsirom oi oweaen. In bot the 120-yard high hurdles and tno 16-pound shot put new meet records were set, the performances of Anderson and Brix beating the best uver niuae in me o year msiory oi championships. George Simpson came back to win the 220-yard dash from Tolan, his conqueror in the 100-yard event a few minutes before Simpson had the stuff to beat him off and go on to win by about three yards in 21:3 seconds, Simpson's winning 220-yard sprint In 21.3 seconds represents the fastest time ever recorded for this event around a turn and Is tantamount tu a world's record although the Inter- national Amateur Athletic federation : recognizes no records made at the 'distance on a curving track. I) enters Wins I Jimmy Demers of Los Angeles A. C, broke the American record as well as the meet mark for the javelin throw jwlth a great heave of 220 feet 7,i ! inches, winning by more than 25 feet and adding some 10 feet to the best performance ever recorded: in this country. j In a surprising reversal of the dope ,both Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech. the Olympic champion, and Ed Gordon oi the University of Iowa, defending tltleholder, failed to place in the run ning broad jump, won by Al Bates, former Penn State athlete, with a leap of 24 feet 3 inches. Dick Maxv.eil, Los Angeles A. C, dethroned Steve Anderson in the 220 yard low hurdles. The ciiampion icu two vards Irom the finish line while in second place and runner-up hon- ors went to Lee Sentman of the Uni- versity of Illinois. The time was 24.1 seconds. . tlcmnig Wins Setting a new meet record of 1 minute 53.4 seconds. Edwin Genung of the Washington A. C, Seattle, captured the half mile running chain pionshlp. The high jump went to Anton Burg, Illinois A. a, who cleared six feet 7 Indies and the hammer throw to Norwood Wright of the New York A. C. with a winning heave of 163 feet 9l4 Inches. Henry Lasallettu of the Los Angeles Ai C, defending champion, lost his high Jump crown to Burg by the narrow margin of a quarter inch:,,.;,'.!,.-;., ; Ill K(iMI,i:V 11REAKS KKCOUD HAMILTON,' Ont., Aug. 23-. (P) Lord BurgTiley, England, set ,ft new Canadian record in winning the 120- yard hurdles in the British empire games today with a time of I4;G sec onds, rl. uaviea, oumu imvo was second and F- R- Gaby, England third. - - DRIVE AIMED AT REDS ' IS CONTINUING (Continued trom rage One) . Nationalist authorities were stirred to action, by discovery yesterday of dynamite una oiher explosives in the asserted plot of rods to destroy government buildings. Twenty com munists were arrested then to pre vent distui ounces within the capi tal.- IDENTIFIES JEWELS CHICAGO, Aug. 23 (fl1) Jewels said to be valued at $8,000 recovered from threo negroes arrested as they at tempted to pawn them, have been idcntiiied oy L,aura L,a i'lante, mo tion picture actress, as having been stolen from her April 20. -SHOOTING .MOTIVE INKNOAVN PORTLAND, Ore.; tAug. ,23 P) Police sought an explanation or the attempted shooting of Dr. C. G. Van Vulzah, Portland dentist, and his companion, Miss Violet Cowley. Tho dentist told authorities a cur talned touring car raced past the automobile containing himself and Miss Cowley and fired one Bhot. Miss Cowiey suffered Injuries from flylns glass. Dr. Valzah and his companion ad vanced no reason. I AIKMAN KILLED FT. LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Aug. 23 (A') Lt. Henry J. Btahl, air corps re serve of Kansas City, was killed and Private Murrell Travis of Ft. Leaven worth was Injured dangerously when their airplane crashed at the avia tion field here today. BAJATO, Hungary fP) Hungarian National museum explorers have found near here several ancient cave dwellings containing partially burned bones of polar foxes, bears, reindeer and other animals of the ice age. r,N.,cAvimvB,x..NOS ! II I WA ' But Funnier! ; ; I JURY HEARS STARTLING STORIES AT RUM TRIAL ' $1 LJ fAlM KSxfl ikih R 4. v ' III HFFv3I3 rk v I R y III 1 1 nr 1 Cl 1 ' p 5 f3 1 mMim mary W -Mm tLujfAJSa XjBaBSSBi ! I SKEETS GALLAGHER -wSt 1 Animated Pirn Sensational allegations of collusion between booze runners and dry agents ,vyere unfolded by state witnesses at Seattle in the prosecution of four Northwest prohibition officials and a former U. S. As sistant Attorney on a conspiracy charge. Above the picture of the jurors are (left to right) Roily Lane, government witness indicted In the Grays Harbor conspiracy' case; Clifford T. McKinney, former as sistant U. S. Attorney and now a defendant; Alfred M. Hubbard, former dry agent and admitted member of Olmstead liquor ring who is now the state'! key .witness; Boy C. Lyle, former Norlhwest prohibition FLYING PLANE Inset slimvs ( Ivdc h. ,-l pshle down" Piiiigliorii. Aliove Is his plane hi inverted position. Piniborn, one of the best known coniinerrhil pilots, will direct the operations ot Hie Flying Fleet when It arrives here to morrow at lU'kelur field. Kamela School Will Be Opened On September 2 V' ' I. By Mrs. C. E. 'rhornUurs i ' KAMELA Ore. (Special) Prep- aratlons are .being made in Kamoln ! for the opening of school on Sept. 2 t which is only 10 days distant. Scv-j erul alterations liave been made in tho community hall . and all .the school- buildings have been kalso-, mined and painted. Seats have. been repaired, the piano tuned, clock re paired and now. tho final stages of cleaning are under way. 'Mrs. Mar--thr. Tamerls.' of Elgin, who taught here, last- winter, lias been engaged for this year. number of pupils will be diminished this year because j r. iew lamnies witn ennursn oi aunuui age have left the district. t Tho weather which ' turned cooler ! here after the recent rains is now becoming warmer again. Signs of fall are becoming evident, the hili-i sides being already slightly tinted I with the autumn colors. Quite a long stretch of " highway Is torn up for construction work both above and below Five Points. Oil ing is being done at Kamela and between Perry and La Grande. M. and Mrs. Arden Locket t and son, James, returned on Thursday morning from Portland where they! had spent a lew days on business. Engineer J. Carlson and daughter, Helen, lelt for .Portland on Thursday evening on a- business trip. -. Mrs. H. Horstmtm -and son. Jack, .are spending'. a; fc dnys; in; Huntr, 'Ingtou this week 'visiting' relatives. .While Mr, Horstman . is gone fishing. Garfield . Epijnmons, .of La Grande,', in working . in Kamela . at, . -present 'during, the, absence! of Engineer If. , Pinlay .. Gordon and .grandson. .Gor don . Haskett,. wljo,.- were visitors for seveval!. da.ys at thp ,home,of1 Mr. Gordon's daugh'ter; 'Mv!"0. B.il'horn burg here, returned tq .Uieir .homei in Brownlce,, Ore.. Thursday. .,. - , ,.. .M. and - Mrs-! P. .R. ' Barnes ( and Jlttlo daughter," Melody,, attended the B. of L. F;: nrid E. picnic at Pine Cone Thursday'. ' ' - ' " 1 John Larson, son of Fireman "Lurf, son, of Ihi Ornnde. ' and' cousin of John Huwes, of Meacliam. " passed tlirough Kalnela ' 6n Tuesday, liay Ing walked moat of the Way. from, La Grande- to Meocham. ' A couple of law officers from Pen dleton created quite a lot of excite ment here on Wednesday searching an oastbouncl frolght train for a robber. Mrs. T. Burton and son Karleo and Mrs. Burton's mother. Mrs. E. E. COURTROOM SLAYER CHANGES PLEA fl ' ""SJff ' utdoor Action Ilomance " J$$'l J rrm W'tern .Story Toller. AlWlCfeeAJ ' I - ,,)U8 -T"- Last Time Twlay I 4$ WmH$ 'A.W6 &V Talkint' Comcdy ' ; ; Eddie Quillan lS1 ''kl Pathe NCWS''' ''WIGHT WORK". j biffiS , SUNDAY " rjy i M i TV A I r ' ''t&ffitr .monday . ... GRAIN ADA . A mii-i'i Tnv FricnrI Afrnin! I ? wiinarawing mo pica or not nuniy, FranK D. rxcaion, mgiewood, 1 f y -' I Ca!., real estate man who hilled Motley Flint, retired banker, elected 1 1 K Jfag, y ftKMtt)Uft --r" I to otand trial on a charge of "not guilty by reason of Insanity." Loft jl iViXT I fK'rf7Mf -K w J- " I to right: Deputy District Attorney Burgess, Deputy Ruascll, Chief I " ItFM jIlllNfa!So-3 ' 1 T&. '- I rw-nse Councei Paul D'Orr and Kcaton. II lT-.k Jill TJV -T 1 1 CV. I UPSIDE-DOWN Rlodnctt. of Nvssn. returned from Clarkslon, Wash., on Wednesday, ac companied oy Mrs. Burtons ; bister, Mrs. - Max Landon nnd daughter, Maxinc. After a few days' visit here at the T. Burton home, Mist 'Blodg ett! and Mrs. .Landon left fori Nyssa where Mrs. Landon will remain for some time. . K .: i Peter O'Rdurke, of La Grande, was in Kamela on Thursday taking tho place of P. R. Barnes. ( M-. and Mrs. F. P. Brooks and grandson, Francis, and Mrs. A. Kln nison.and cnlidren, Ernest and Ioda Maud Brooks, drove to Portland for r. . short visit with relatives there and at Castle Rock, Wash., where M.-. and Mrs. iirooks own a ranch, Herbert and Nancy Cnstcel went to; Portland on Wednesday ovenlng. Miss Casteel expects to remain thero to work but Mr. Casteel will return In t few days to resume his duties in Kamela grocery store. M.'. and Mrs. 11. Seton. of Union, were Kamela visitors Friday at the M. iiroinfl home here'." , , t ' M.'.' and Mrs. 'W. Lano 'and daughter;-Helen Mao, left on Tuesday on a-,, short complng trip.'; -'it ' :' , -C. RIhoi'i of La Gj'andor-ls working ,ln Kamela aV .present, , i ;i' :..M nnd' Mia. C. I$i Tiiornuurg anci con, Jan drove to La Grande Thurs day sncnclltiK a short timet, 'Visiting aH UiO;. A. i Milne i and D. -.Wyllo h.ciuc. '.t'- ;i . ' .!-.' v l !t M. ' and-1 Mrs. Q:. Burton ; wore La! Grande visitors Thursday. ' 11 Mrs .Mabel Haskett; of Brownleo, Ore., was a visitor over night Wed nesday "nt the homo of .her sister, M;n;a,E.iTholnburg ,t ; fa'l Ihtkl'Mrs) JJi T. Olbuston . and Fon, William and granddaxiglitei Mlja Harriet' Grant, of Vancouver, Wash., are guents this' week at the home of. heti-iBon... Jolm Gioustou; Mr. and, Mrs.. Clouston were : Kamola 'vlsitoii lust year and have several friends, here. Since lheir last visit Mr. Clous ton, ;made a .businoHs. .and pleasurp trip. to histoid homo In the Orkney. .Islands .off ' tho coast of Scotland, , 'Blaino Casteel, of Pilot Rock,,:'ls spending a few days In Kamela. ' Mru. M. Brofns and several of Ka mclr.'s young people drovo to Meach am lake for a swim on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Schubert and daughter, Lillian, also grandson Donald Johnson, of Portland, who is a Kamela visitor, drovo to La Gtande on business Friday. . --- M;-. and Mrs. C. E. Thornburg and son, Ian. and their guests Mr. and Mrs. P. Gordon and Gordon Haskett drove about 10 miles- on- the road to Starkey Tuesday, Intending to fish but a severe storm came JitBt as they wcro ending a picnic dinner and they returned home. Mrs. J. Baker and children. Jimmte and Donald Loyd were Meacham vis itors several days this week. Donald Loyd had a painful -injury close to Ids eye recontly but has recovered now. ' , . AIR RACES FIND OLD GREASE AND COVERALLS TABOO (Continued form Pago One) Aurora. 111., had better than an hour'B lead over W. G, Moore, Kan sas City. The five planes in the raco from Hartford. Conn., were bunched with in half an hour of each other in elapsed timo at the takeoff from Cleveland, this morning. Verne Rob erts, Mollne, III., was in the lead with an even five minutes margin. Tho men's Pacific derby had safe ly crossed the continental divide and at the takeoff this morning from Billings, Mont., to Bismarck, N. L, Dick Mamer, the Spokane "sun god" filer. waB in tho lead but only by three minutes. . VON (1HONAU IN GKEENLANI) IVIGTUT. Greenland, Aug. 23 (ff) Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and his three j German companions who landed hero, yesterday In a flight from Iceland, will continuo to Labrador or Newfoundland tomorrow if weather permits. They -presumably are on a flight to the United States although they havo .not so announced definitely. , , , Von Gronau and tho others, Franz Hack, mechanic; Herr Albrecht, wire less operator, and Edward Zimmer, an aviation student, took off from Reykjavik .early : yesterday morn ing and -Indicated that they were going to return to Germany. They flew westward, however, and reached this point without difficulty. SCHNEIDER NKAH8 GOTHAM WISHITA. Aug. 23 (JP) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey City youth seeking (i Junior west to east transcontinental record left hero at ARCADE . SUNDAY MONDAY , TUESDAY ! 1 i J-z m Plus Talking Comedy News 0:15 o'clock (C. 8. T.) this morn ing;. He hopes to rea.ch New York to day and set a new mark. Tho young flier planned to reach New York without stopping en route, If possible. 176 MASONS ARE ENTERTAINED ON .WAY TO TACOMA (Continued from Page One) "You're succeeding admirably," was the sincere reply. - The 176 Masons on the train last night were from 22 different states in tho union. Free Airplane Ride Tickets: To Be Dropped Three green and gold biplanes of tho Plying Fleet will soar over La Grande tomorrow to inaugurate a two-day series of free exhibitions designed ta stlmplate interest in air transportation. A comprehensive program has oeen arranged oy aa- vanco representatives, which wilt give ; residents of tho city and vicinity a chance to watch these aviators r their work and to ride In tho fleet , planes. The program will open at noon Sunday when the three planes swoop over the city in military formation, Illustrating combat maneuvors. For mations will include mass loops, re-vorsements,- line and triangular. Fol lowing this the threo planes .will scparato and each pilot will per form his own particular aerial antic: Each noon, following tho formation flight, Clyde E. "UpBldo-down" Pang born, one of Amerlca'h leading ex-., hibltlon aviators and who Is bpera tlonst manager of the fleet, will fly over the business district .and re lease five copies of tho Evening Ob server, in each of which there will bo a ticket good for h free ride In tho planes of the licet. The tickets must be prosented at the Gekeler field one and a hoM miles east of the city one tho highway, and those who fly do so as guests of the Flying Fleet. Each evening at tho Gekeler field thero will be exhibitions by Pang- (! iu . ti r 'ii'KKX. -:. j. . Vita Acts OLIVE BORDEN JJm I born designed to be both thrilling and cduactlonal. : Ho will fly up side down for a mile or more, will stop his motor in mid-air and dive' his piano until tho motor starts.' Pangborn will also land with his' motor completely shut off to show that a competent pilot can safely land if the motor should happen iu fail. ... Pilots coming with Pangborn aio Hugh Hcrndon Jr. and Ray Buum gardner, both veteran airmen. Hern dor, learned to fly in Prance and was the first tot fly solo from Lon don tto Morocco. Baumgardner Is army trained and a former airmail pilot.- All threo hold transport lic onscs. the highest U. S. rating. Another feature of tho air show will be parachute Jumps cavh eve ning by Ben "Dcavalo" Matthews, a vcVeran twing performer who hart thrilled thousands with- his daring feats. Tho . chuto Jumps will be hold at the Gekeler field each eve ning at 7:30 o-clock. No admission will bo charged. NO SPECIAL SESSION IS HELD LIKELY (Conlinucd from I'affo One) to make complcto investigations be fore approval of such applications in ordttt' that tho public welfaro may be protected; I wish to assure the peo ple of Oregon that no permits for largo power development will be is sued until after complete investiga tion, and until after, tho next regular session of tho legislature.' Foot If von Hiiffpi from tlio quoer akin dlneaao which causes Intense Itchiiur of iocs and feot, cracking. pnelltiK, a c. a 1 1 n tr skin. Crotch Itch and Ktnirworm. vou should use Dr. Nixon's Mxoderm to uvold fturcadlug tlio infection to your hands or other parts. Based on tho famous English hospital -formula, re cently perfected by an English scien tist, Dr. Nixon's Nixodorm acts with amazing speed, because designed for this particular skin disease. It must atop the itch almost, instantly and quickly. lionl your skin soft and smooth or the small purchase prlcewlll be refunded under tho lion -Clad, Money Back Guaruittuo. ; Red Cross Drug Storo -Adv. i Mntinees Daily 35c . Evening 50c f , "Attend the 'Sunday Matinee, 0 'Avbld the, Evening Ciod vvt Ju;i;k;.i err (in.rnutf!' mm m .Slc.',rH m I.:. (U H'i ' ' T ! i . 'I'll Last Time Today RIN TIN TIN "MAN HUNTER"