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Page Six LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Thursday, May 7, 1931 Newspapers Give .17 of Space To Stories of Crime ASHLAND, O., May 7 m Stories or crlmo with, their headlines occupy upproxlmntely 17 per cent of the news columns in America's leading news pOpcfl, it i Indicated In a studv an-, nounced by Dr. Morris O. Caaldwell, professor of sociology at Ashland conegc. They occupy approximately o third of the averaco front page, he found. Crlmo is preponderantly front page news, a small percentage of it being sent to the Inside, indicating the Judgment of the editors as to the reader interest. Along with what Professor Caldwell terms "sensational news," accidents and deaths, crime occupies approxi mately a third of the whole ncwa miner, he .found. Thcso are "alarming" amounts, ho said, "which need very Utile qualita tive Interpretation." Professor Caldwell counted the "column inches'' of crime news and their headlines of all the dully edi tions of eight large newspapers pub lished m tne Eiutt, Mtacue west, South and the Pacific coast region, during last October and November, lie believed them to bo representative. Former Orderly Welcomes Pershing Suit to Recover Payments on Lots MEDFORD, dro,. May T m Suit to recover money alleged paid down on lets at Crescent City was filed I hero by Alden Hughes and 24 other Jackson county residents against! uresccnt uity investment company nnu u. t. Day, as representative, anu the American Surety company bondsman. The plaintiffs allege the lots were cold by misrepresentation. Sums In volved range from; 20 to $42150. But Romance Needn't Go When romnnco goes out of mat rimony, dullness niu) wciirlnhss come In. American njngnxiuu. It was n meeting of old buddies though their war-time ranks were far apart when (ieitcral John J. Pershing (right) was welcomed on his arrival In Paris the ulher day by Harry Cohen, IiIh former orderly. They are kith together at a railroad ft tat Ion. Oenerul Perching Is In Franco to dlfiputch his ihillcs a head of the American JIattle Monuments Commission. 1 FORTY-THIRD YEAR of FRIENDLY SERVICE Via (Sraitiip National Hank Member Fcdenil Kescrve Kcsqurces over Z Million Board of Control Pays Tribute To Late Thomas Kay SALEM, May 7 (!-) Tribute to the Into Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer. who a week ago collapsed at a boitrd I of control meeting and died later i that night, was paid by the board j at its first major session since that ; timfe. Resolutions aro being drawn ! by the board. Mrs. Clara C. Patterson, ' superintendent of the girls Industrial ' sctiool presented a largo bouquet of ' Xlowora in memory of Kay. Tho meeting was also the first major one attended by Rufus O. Holman, new state treasurer, who was sworn into offico laflt Friday. Holman took nctlvc part in tho de liberations of tho board. I Authorization of tho new tuberctir i lOHts wing of the state hospital, to bo constructed at a cost of 930,000. ! was given Dr. R. E. Lee Stelncr, sup clntendent, by the board. Construe I lion on tills wing will bo started nt once. I At a short meeting of the board I into Monday, the salary of Jumes Lewis, superintendent and waideu of I tho stato penitentiary, was sot at I (it ,000. He had previously received I (2.000 in addition to living nt the penltontlury when io held the posi tion as warden, Lewis succeeded Heu j ry Meyers, resigned, j Geno Hnlley, deputy warden, will ! receive 92,200 a ycur, an Increase of $4U0. L.co uyinut, piacca in cnarge of the fir.x Industry at tho peniten tiary, will receive a salary of $U,200. Urge Dry Groups To Take Care of Public Education SPOKANE, May 7 (fit Colonel W. W. Woodcock, federal prohibition chief, said here that ho is tell ing prohibition organizations to at tend to public education and let the bureau of prohibition deal with liquor offenses. Hero for an inspection of the 12th prohibition district, Woodcock said lie Is organizing his department with a view to improving the morals and increasing tho self-respect of, dry agents. "Wo are trying to make a real scrv lco organization of the bureau," he akl. "In which promotions will be granted solely on efficiency and where a man knows he has a life time Job if he Is efficient. "As the efficiency of the bureau increases, the public respect for pro hibition enforcement wilt Increase. "Whenever we can, we tell temper ance people and organizations their way to help is by reviving and press ing prohibition education. The 18th amendment came into being that way. Let the bureau of prohibition deal with commerce in liquor. "All states but Arizona and Wyo ming provldo for education about prohibition in the public schools." Tho 12th district Includes, Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. H(-ll.Mi:i,I(i TO TRAIN Tag Day There wn no iipimI to (nkc tho price tug off the gift for fullier. Ho Hmls out soon enough nnywuy. PHILADELPHIA, May 7 P) The stale athletic commission has an nounced that Max Schmeling would train at Conueaut lake, In North western Pennsylvania, for his bout with Young Strlbling in Clcvoland, July 3. UNION PACIFIC STAGES INCORPORATED f rom Store-Door to Store-Door Clara's Part In Picture Given To Peggy Shannon HOLLYWOOD, Gal.," May 7 W) Clara Bow, fllmdom's flapper, has oeen supplanted in a picture for the second tlmo this year because of ill ness. 1 f i i ; r t The red-headed Clara was confined to a Glendale, Cal., sanitarium today ior treatment ok a nervous oreaK- down. Meanwhile Peggy Shannon, al so rea-neaaea, wno just a week ago amvea in nonywcoa irom tne New York stage, was rehearsing before a critical director the part Clara was to nave piayea m Tne secret call. The rumor first voiced by Daisy De Boe, discharged secretary and con fidanta of Miss Bow, that "one more slam In the papers would finish Clara in pictures," was firmly suppressed by Paramount-Publlx officials as soon, as 16 raised Its head at word of the substitution yesterday. Daisy started the report while she was being tried on charges of steal ing from Miss Bow. Before her con viction, which followed a sensational trial shot full of Daisy's stories of spicy incidents from Miss Bow's life, Clara was token ill and Sylvia Sidney, from Broadway, replaced her in. a film. Miss Sidney now Is a star In i her own right. Miss Bow's two "physicians laid her ' breakdown at the door of hard work and worry worry over the Do Boe trial and the recent arrest of Fred Glrnau, tabloid publisher, on federal charges of sending obscene articles through the malls. The charges were based on stories in Glrnau'e paper purporting to reveal the love life of the actress. The physicians said a long rest was imperative, but expressed no sreat alarm at Miss Bow's condition. , Six montns, iney earn, might elapse be fore she could resume her work. chestra; 11:15 to IX dance orchestra. KHJ (000): 1. CBS programs; 9:30, orchestra; 10, news; orchestra; 13 to 1 o. m., organ. KNX (1050): 7, Watana.be and Ar chie; string ensemble; 7:30, musical programs; 8, Optimistic Donuta; 9, orchestra; Wranglers; 9:45, boxing; 10:45, dance orchestra; 11 to 12, organ. Denver KOA (830): 6, NBC programs; 7:15, Old Wagon Tongue; 8, Political talk; orchestra; ' 8:30, studio program; 9, Hill Billies; 9:30, NBC; 11 to 12, or chestra. . Salt Lake City KSL (1130): 6, NBC programs; 10:30. organ; 11 to 12, Midnight Hour. GANGSTER WEDS Nationalists Will Fight Rebel Mqv? NANKING, China, May 7 WActiv 3',y of Nationalist government of ficials here indicated they were pre paring to send troops to put down the Kwangtung province threatened rebellion if peace negotiations failed. In statements for publication, how ever, they professed to view with amusement reports from Canton that Military Governor Chen Chl-jTang and other recalcitrants were raising 50,000 troops to enforce their demand that President Chiang Kai-Shek re sign. !. The Nationalist government, said the official spokesman, looked upon the situation in the south "calmly. almost with indifference, bordering upon amusement.'.' ' WAUKEGAN. 111., May 7, Jack McQurn, alleged Capone machine gunner, obtained a marriage license Sunday to wed Louise Rolfe, the wom an who established his "alibi" when McGurn was sought for the murder of seven Moran gangsters In 1929. He gave his real name, Vincent Gcbardl. 28. and his Intended bride's as Louise Beox, 24. Under the alias of James Demory, the gangster was divorced Saturday. Holds False Teeth ftehl All Day Long Fasteeth, a new improved powder keeps plates from dropping or slip ping. ' No gummy, pasty feeling. Sweetens breath. Gives real teeth comfort all day. Praised by people and dentists everywhere. Avoid worry. Oet Fasteeth at Red Cross Drug Store or your druggist. Adv. ANKLES H1IOW AGAIN UKI.OW KVBSI.NO (JOHNS PARIS W Anfcles are bacji Jn view these evenings. Many of tho newest evening gowns, ,lnst, falling to the Instep as they did last season, ore four to five inches from the floor. With the shorter gowns, evening slippers to match tho dress are worn. CIIOIUS OF 500 MOU'li'M TO MSU FOH CONVENTION WASHINGTON yJ-A chorus of 500 singing mothers will appear at the ngtlnnal nnnnrysR nf n!UentS ahd teachers in Hot Springs May 6. i'airiouo airs, iiynuui " Skin Like Velvet with New Powder No more ugly Bhlne when you use MELLO-GLO Faco Powder. New French process makes It stay on long er and prevents large pores. Smooth est, finest, purest powder known its coloring matter is approved by the United States government. Never dries the skin. Never mokes complex ion look pasty, but always youthful. Try MELLO-GLO. Glass Drugs, Inc. Adv. ito ballads will form the program for women from, all .over the country welded Into a gigantic singing unit by' Mlsa Helen McBrlde, music chairman of the congress. MlItDEB TRIAL IS DATED KLAMATH FALLS, May 7 W) ' ' The murder trial of Letha Gray 8wln dloi', young Cblloquin woman who shot and fatally wounded her hus band Joshua Swindler, chief of po lice of the town, will go on. trial Saturday, May 16, It was announced In circuit court here. v - J S. J SPRING SALE Model "T" Fol ds $40 io $135 ' , I.AItlSON CHEVROLET CO. 1414 Adams Phone Main 3 Hands-Off Policy In Speakership Tilt WASHINGTON, May 7 House Republicans have been Informed .that tho White House plans a Hands -off policy in the race for the nomina tion for speaker. Tho word passed along was that the chief executive desires the Re publicans to select their own nom inee, despite any personal feeling he might have In the matter. Jefferson County Is First to Pay Taxes SALEM, May 7 W) Jefferson coun ty was the first county in the state of Oregon to pay its first half of tho 11)31 state taxes in full, It was. an nounced by tho state treasurer'" of fice. The payment amounted to $10,015.86. , Multnomah county Is the only other county which has paid any of tho first half of state taxes, tho sum of $100,000 having been received from that county on May 1. Farm Board Given Vote of Confidence DES MOINES. Ia., May 7 W) Lead ers of 22 mid-west farm organizations have committed their total member ship of 286.000 fanners to approval of the federal farm board and the national marketing act. A constitution for the newly or ganized national comjmlttee on farm organizations was adopted unani mously by groups which withdrew irom the corn belt committee In ses sion hero. SsSS"SSS I Radio Programs Between La Grande Portland and i Adams Arlington IJakci- Hoardnian Condon Durkcc Echo Elgin i Enterprise Freewatcr Grass Valley I laines Hcppncr llcrmislou Hood River Huntington Imbler lone Joseph La (Jivinde Lexington Lostinc Ma u pin Moaiham Milton Moro Mosier North Powder Pendleton Shaniko Stanfield The Dalles Union Wallowa Wasco Other points in Oregon reached by Union Pacific will be added soon as service is established. For La Grande Pick-no Service Call MAIN 63' You'll Want to . 1 HUNDRED'S. The Low Prices at TO SAVE MONEY Trotter-s Bostonian Shoes and Oxfords $7.50, $8.50 and $9.50 values. Now Made Possible by a Binding Contract That Brought Drastic Action THEY SAVED MONEY Because Every Sale Price is a Real Bargain and Every f Bargain is a Mighty ' 4 $6.45-. Women's . ' Silk Hosiery The Famous Holeproof $1.00 kind 77c $1.50. kind ,... $1.28 $2.00 kind $1.65 S,S38SVS3S'SSSS3? FRIDAY. PHOGItAMS National Broadcasting Co.: 0, talk; ; vocalists mid orchestra: 6:30, The atre or Air; 7, Amos and Andy; 7:15, orchestra, tenor; 7:30, Musical Echoes; B. mimical program; 8:30, Mellow'd Melodies; 9, Hill Billies; ; 9:30, vocalists and orchestra; 10, mys- ! tery serial; 10:30, piano duo; 11 to 12. dance orchestra. Columbia Broadcasting system: 6, musical programs; 7, orchestra; band; 7:46, Stranger Than Fiction; 8. Black and Blue; orchestra; 8:30, College Dazo: 0, Mimical Cocktails; , 0:30, Screnaders; orchestra; 10. band; or chestra; 12 to 1 a. m.. Vagabond ol tho Air. Northwest Broadcasting system : 0:40, markets. Garden talk; 0, Knights of the Road; musical programs; 7, Word and C'hot; musical programs; 8, Orpheus Trio; 8:30. Song Ex change: 0. Monttivllle Flowers; 0 :30, Ad Lib Review; 10, Sunshine pror gram; 10:30, Moonlight Melodies; U, dance orchestra; 12 to 3 a. m.. Mid night Revellers. 4 Spokane KHQ (590: 7 n. m., Town Crier; Alice Blue Clown: Van and Don; H, Kappytlme; 0, Walt and Norman; talks; music; 10:30, Maga.lne ol the Air: 11:30, organ; talks; music; 1:30, Genu of Remembrance; 2, studio parade: 3. service hour; 4. concert; fi. musical progrnms; 0, NBC pro grams; 7:30, musical programs; 8, NBC: 9, ensemble: 0:30. NBC; 10, . news; 10:30, cncemble; 11 to 12, or chestra. Seattle K,JR (970): 5:40 to 3 a. tn NBS programs. Taroma KVI (760): 0. CBS; 9:30. Servltecrs: 10. studio program; orchestra: 10:30. iwaikaihon; 11 to 12. orchestra, l'ltrlhind i KEX (1180): 8. instrumental trio; ,8:30. symphony; 0. NBS: 9:30, Frolic: i 10. NBS; 10:30, Walkathon; 11:30 to 1 1-. orchestra. Oakland ! KLX (880): 7, news; 7:30. piano; 8. Hi-Jinks; 10, band; 11, classic rec iords; 11:30 to 12. dance music. 1 KGO (790): 0 to 12. NBC programs. 1 Sail t'nim-lM'n i KPO (080K 7. concertircd opera; B.. orche-strn; 8:30, Californians; . musical programs: 10, news: music; 10:30. dance orchestra; 11:30 to 12, , organ. KFRC (610): 6 to 1 a. m,. CBS pro grams. I.os Angeles Kn (640: 0, NBC programs: 7. trio: Footlites; 7:30, barltonei 8. NBC programs: 10:is. soloist and or-. A Way to Check Attacks of Fits Reports are rocflvpd of nn amorlne ! treatment that epileptic ute hns proved nuecesKMl In checking their' Attacks. R. Lcpso, Apt. 62 123 E. ' Wright, Milwaukee. Wl!c.. lias been, supplying Bullerersi with this trmt-1 ment. Ho now wishes to rench nil! those who has not Iwn helped ana to do so Is making the startling otter: ot a generous treatment tree to nil sufferer. Anynno nffllrled should; write lor this fire treatment nt once, giving age. Adv. All $5.00 Values Shoes and Oxfords ;,$3.95 Hats Group No. 1 $5.00 and $6.00 Values $3.95 Price Sacrifice. coat Price Reductions present UmBOBBSESBS Women's Sport Coats Pendleton $12.95 Plain colors. . Regular $8.50. Now $5.95 : That R I Hats I Group No. 2 gj $3.85 Values i . $2.95 I Genuine Savings Hart, Schaffner & Marx and ' other well known makes' of fine new mama Sweaters Sleeveless pullover, all wool. Regular $3.85. Now $2.95 All wool pullover in all the new shades. Regular ? t.85. Now $3.85 I Suits Suits BimriufiitiM Work Pants One lot men's regular $2.45 moleskins. Now $1.59 Suits Suits Choice this lot men's and young men's regular to $29. each ... $18.85 One lot values to $35.00.. Grouped for quick sale. Now, COQ QK each tpO.OO Men and young men! Take your pick. SI"!!.1!...... $28.85 One special lot for men and young men. One of a kind. Last year patterns. Values Now each . $14.95 ., wmftai I Work Shoes 8 I One lot men's all leather, 1 1 . assorted styles. Grouped 1 I regular up to $5.75. Now I $3.65 " I I Men's Hi-Tops One lot men's hi-top boots. $10.00 to $11.50 grades. Now $5.95. I Cords I . Light colors I $5.00 grades $3.95 $3.85 grades' $2.95 i Shirts & Shorts One lot regular 75c now 45c One lot regular $1.00 now 69c TROTTER'S La Grande, Oregon Luggage Suit cases, bags, Gladstones and fitted cases. Reg. $5.00, now 1 $3.88 Reg. $10.00, now $7.50 Reg. $20.00, now $15.00 Reg. $25.00, now ........ $18.75
