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Thursaay, May 28, 1931 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, GRANDE, ORE. Page Sever The News Used To Be $ TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO .. (From Observer, Sat., May 36, 1906) hi Five young men . and 13 young s, ladies, who yesterday were students : in the High school, are today alumni ? and alumnae of the La Grande High cchool. They are: Arlle David Bay, i Momio Bunnell, Maude Clements, i Maude Cotner, Roy Goodnough, : ,Vern Hendricks. Grace Hopper, Char- iotte Mae Howard, Mayme Pearl i Jloward, Elizabeth M. King. Hazel i Dell Landrum. Zora Adalene Lane, Edgar Pickler, Jay M. Reynolds. Mol ; Ale E. 8nlder. Mabel Williamson and f;:Kathryn Woodrulf. J. G. Wagner has purchased the :E. Christopher harness shop on Adams avenue. t - . ' TEN YEARS AGO (From Observer, Sat., May. 28, 1021) &f A. D. Kern was victor In a lively battle to do 6.48 miles of heavy grad- ifng on the Wallowa hill section of njFne Grande - Joseph highway. fKern's bid was 8101,744. m Alter conferring with County jS Judge U. G. Crouch, and County Commissioners Cecil Galloway and J. ?t F. Hutchinson and a committee of It the Ad club composed of Judge T. H. d Crawford. J. F. Phy and A. T. HU1. :-tho state highway commissioners agreed to designate - the - proposed scenic entrance into the city via Oro 1 Dell, coming Into the city near the Grande. Ronde hospital, as the state H highway place of the present route sf which enters the city by the stock ' D-yards. E. N. Bushnel has sold his three f acre tract Just outside of the city H limits to the Pioneer Flour Mills, to ;; Mrs. Anne Allen, of Kamela, If : ONE YEAR AGO (From Observer, Thurs., May 29, 1930) h Carl Gray, president of the Union i& Pacific system, accompanied by Vice J President William Jeffers and several i't other officials, passed through'. La - 3 Grande en route east this morning i innd while here Mr. Gray stopped off iTto inspect the progress of the work $ on the new Union station being ij erected here. t Mrs- L. K. Klnzel, of La Grande Country club, was eliminated from the championship flight in the Ore gon State golf tournament at Eu- & gene yesterday afternoon by Mrs. 4; Reed, former Oregon state champion t-fr and one of the leading women golf- ers of the Btate. Jt) Mr. and Mrs. Orval Green are the 'i parentts of a baby boy born yester . day. Sheriff Sells The Walla Walla Union )X WALLA WALLA. Wash.. May 28 (P) 'l.nnv 3. S TvsTiv. h to pilot her tried, trim mono 4 ?7'S&?L .hP ' Plane from the American to. the celvers- certificate, outstanding. I miss Nholf. "'Condfuons will be "j? The company, publisher of the mucn different. I will have a faster fl Walla Walla Union, morning news- 8rilp, with a ' wider safety margin, t paper here, has been ln receivership And mlne wm not be a non-stop t four months. " i night." The sale was ordered by the superior ! Thus has she always tried to mlnl f court after a trial ln which the mlze her victories. ;f Washington Trust company and the I yet she has outflovm feminine Citizens Realty company, holders of rlv0i8 Mrs. Kelth-Mlller, Elinor , t ft mortgage, were exonerated of smith, Amelia Earhart. She has charges of usury, brought by the tied Capt. Prank M. Hawks' New owners of the company. ' York-Washington speed mark of one :i nuptiieaUMitt.imtiambmm.ia minuter. .- ;, ---,. t the publication will continue under Transcontinental Triumphs"'' present management. W. E. McCros-1 key, the receiver, will retire. Buy or Rent a Piano at REASONABLE TERMS . Ren $5.00 per. mo. Pianos from $165.00 to 850.00 ADLER MUSIC CO. First Class Tents Reasonable, Small or Large size and Tarpolions. We also have a bargain in second hand Saddles and Harness Genuine Rubber Hose and Lawn Sprinklers Grace Harness & Hardware Store ADAMS AVE. RUTH NICHOLS: ltiitlfX(MijN, looking like a polar explorer In fur lined helmet nnd fur sweater, Just before her Kiiecessfuf attempt to break the women's altitude record March f, last. Editor's Note: This is the third of a series of five articles trac . lng the sensational flying career of Ruth Nichols. ln. Bv Kkimrd Mnssock NEW YORK (ff) Thrills of victory are the fruits of flying for Ruth Nichols, society avlatrlx. Four times she has darted across the heavens in record winning flight, comet-like. She has braved stormy weather and sub-zero temperature. In the worst season of the year, she beat Lindbergh's transcontinen tal speed record by more than an hour. Now she intends to emulate the solitary feat of Lindbergh. She in- swiftness carried her on to the first records, set last year new wom en's records for transcontinental flight both ways. Zooming off a New York runway November 24, Ruth Nichols dropped down on Los Angeles December 1. Her actual flying time was 16 hours, 59 minutes, 30 seconds. Mrs. Kelth Mlller had consumed 25 hours, 44 minutes over the same course. Ten days later, with an overnight stop at Wichita, Kan., Miss Nichols bettered previous flying time for the eastward distance, Including Colonel Lindbergh's, excepting only super speedy Hawks'. She was in the air 13 hours, 22 minutes. There was no gloating over the victory. "J surpassed Mrs. Keith -Miller's record because I had a faster plane," Miss Nichols said. "Mrs. Miller is a great flier and a good sport, but my plane was faster. It was even faster than Colonel Lindbergh's plane." Next ... a soaring race for the coveted women's ' altitude record. The rival . . . another New Yorker, Elinor Smith. Again Ruth Nichols, darling of Leonard Wood, III, Dies df Lockjaw ! WILMINGTON, Del., May 26 (P) , Leonard Wood, III, 12-year-old son of Brig. Gen. Osborne C. Wood and Mrs. Wood, died here Tuesday of lockjaw . The disease followed an in Jury to his hand received while play- i lng with a toy pistol. I General Wood, adjutant general of the New Mexico national guard, left Alberquerque by plane at noon yes terday for Wilmington. ' The youngster Is a grandson of the late Major General Leonard Wood. When Grease Is Spilt To prevent lint gronse from sink ing Into (he floor, sop enlrt wnler qn it with n cloth to t.nrden It. Scrnpe oft whnt Is on th surface with a dull knife. Remove the filnin with n wet clolh sprinkled with bnkinfi sorln. A TELEPHONE Is the business man's ally The home's protection, The children's delight. Order this family servant now and we will list your name in our new TELEPHONE DIRECTORY West Coast Telephone Company Telephone Main 0 HER CAREER OF THRILLS daring, took the' honors. Swathed like a polar explorer, she appeared on a New Jersey flying field the morning of March 6, last. Pur boots, fur lined helmet, fur sweater and a tank ' of oxygen were to keep her warm and breathing up where the air is rare and frigid. Ud she climbed until her plane was but a speck ln the heavens, iNow over New Jersey, now over New York. Now over land, now borne out over sea. Grip of Banger As she looked down and saw the ocean through the cloudy mists she had that heart-trembling moment of aerial danger.- v She heard the motor sputter, al most dying. The main gasoline tank ' mftny years experience. Mr. Goodman was empty. Below her was the ! satd he was delighted to find far bet ominous sea. - ter fishing In Northern California Her tongue was nearly frozen. The than in Wallowa county as the trout steel flask from which she drained ' are bigger and more numerous. There oxygen into her lungs was strapped i are many fine large mountain streams In a chill wing, without benefit of. j and apparently fish come Inl from the the heat within the fuselage. - ocean. But quick as a wing's flutter, she citve Lloyd, who has been working switched on the reserve gasoline tank. I fQr the last six months on the Snake Down, down she slipped, back ovenrlver government trail, came home the surf and shore to a safe land- i jast Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Lloyd and lnB- son, Maurice, expect to leave soon for Her barograph recorded 28,743 feet. chico wherethey will spend the sum She had broken Elinor Smith's rec- j mer WOrking for the forest service. Sfl7; ; Kelso Draper, who has been suf- S lS l h'v Highest j L Grnnde lftst Tnursda; an'd un. yet made by woman. I rt-rwnt another onemtlon for four 2S tlnmctn J?""?; ord to be sought. So a few weeks later, Ruth Nichols flew to Detroit. Again she pierced the early morning air. One of her flight observers took a pair of sheets from his bed to mark the course. "The idea was a cute one," she said. . Women's Speed Mark That morning, April 13, she plung ed her ship over a three -kilometer straightaway at 210 miles an hour. Outspeedlng another heroine of the air, an ocean crosser, Amelia Ear hart, she had set the new record. Miss Earhart's previous mark was 181 miles an hour. "Any girl who knows how to fly could have done the same thing with the same kind of plane," Miss Nichols said. What do record flights on the part of women prove? "By showing what the fragile sex can do," said she, "they prove that they must be easy." (Tomorrow: Ruth Nichols' Person ality.) Iiyrd Defends Gob In Boston Common BOSTON, May 28 JPi No one can bring discord into the romance of one of Uncle Sam's sailors and his sweetheart while Rear Admiral Rich ard E. Byrd is about, and you have Patrolman Jim Stanton's word for lt. It was about 1:30 a. m., Patrol man Stanton reported, when he came upon an excited group ln the his toric Boston Common. Stanton el bowed his way to the center of things and there he found the fa mous explorer. "Good morning to you, Admiral Byrd," sold Stanton, who recognized Byrd, as the explorer lives nearby when not away at one of the poles. "What's the trouble?" "Nothing at all, said Byrd. "Some of these fellows here thought they could make wise cracks at an ordi nary gob and his girl. I stepped in to see the navy didn't take a lick ing." " Harley Allen To Give Lostine's Memorial Talk By Mrs. Willlum Wlgeans (Observer Correspondent) ILOSTINE, Ore. (Special) Arrange ments have Just about been com pleted for the Memorial day program. . Uac1a.tr Allan it'll 1 ha tha cnaaVnf nf tne aay. k The school In district No. 22 at the upper Liberty, closed with a picnic dinner and taffy pull. The teacher had. not prepared a program because of the eighth grade examinations. The directors of the school gave a silver cup to Miss Mona Louise Ham street who won the county spelling contest, Tom McBath. of Wallowa, spent the week In Lostine papering the home of Mr. and. Mrs. a. Lt. Maeui. ine muk- 111s have had some extensive remod- ellng and redecorating demo this sorimr. 6. P. Warren and Lester Allen drove to Stonfield last week where Mr. Al len remained. AlUs Allen; a son, re turned with Mr. Warren and is stay ing with Mr. and' Mrs. J. L. Ham- mack. Mr. and Mrs. V. A. searies were visitors Monday at Lostine. Mr. Sear ies Bpenc tne evening ac wie . a. Wade home whjle Mrs. Searies attend ed the O. E. S. practice. Mrs. M. O. Courtney drove out from Imnaha for a few days visit with friends. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Sadie Hall. Mrs. Fred Womack Is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Young on Joseph creek. Mrs. Ora McKinzle and son, Teddy, of Wallowa, were Tuesday guests of Mrs. F. B. Mofflt. Mrs. Oliver Woods has been quite ill at her home of rheumatism. Clarence Nolan returned to his .home at Vale after a week's visit with his motner, Anna woian. Airs, noian and Miss Edith Nolan accompanied him to Portland where they visited with friends, returning home Sun day. Mrs. Charles Whitehead closed a very successful school in the lower vauey lost weeK. Hexo year sne wm teach In the Chapman district. Miss Jeonette Harris spent several days visiting friends before going to ner nome at raraaise to see ner mother. Mrs. Charles Barnes. Charles Brldwell accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. William Forester went out to Lower Cove Sunday where they visited their uncie. unaries namnton. Mrs. William Wiggans accompanied them as far as Elgin where she spent the day with her sisters. Mrs. nor' enco Elliott, Mary Sturglll and Vir. ginla Chandler. Vernon Bresheors and Marlon Pearce left last, week for a hiking trip to Eugene. Marlon Pearce re turned home after deciding that milking cows was more to his liking than nixing. C. M. Goodman drove over from Yreka, Cal., last week for his wife, who has been teaching in the Enter prise schools. An ardent angler of abscesses which had formed. He has made several trips to La Grande since for treatment. Mrs. Martha Swart and daughters, Ruth and Gertrude, left for Spokane to spend a few days visiting Mrs. Swart's daughter, Mrs. Wood. Miss Gertrude expects to remain in Spo kane where she will enter a hospital for nurse's training. t Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cook have moved onto the Ward property. Mrs. M.'R. Moffitt was moved home Sunday afternoon from tho Wallowa hospital where she has been for sev eral weeks. Although Mrs. Moffitt Is far from -being out of danger, it was necessary to remove her to her home as the hospital is closing down. Quite a number of Lostine Chris tian Endeavorers except to attend the annual convention of the Grande Ronde Christian Endeavor union at Baker this weekend. A woman giving her name as Mrs . fresh vegetables CAN BE MADE MORE SEASONED WITH sugar Tug combination of sugar and snlt improves tlic flavor of vegetables in a most pleasing way. It empbasizes tbe mild taste of spinacli ; mellows the artncss of tomatoes; blends deliciously with the flavor of peas, carrots, string beans, cabbage, asparagus,onions and other vegetables. In serving raw vegetables "Flavor and Hill, from Hlllcrest, Wash., and daughter of the late Samuel H1U, ar rived, ln Lostine last Saturday eve ning. She was accompanied by another woman and they were going up South Fork to the lake basin to study plant life in the high moun tains. They made their headquarters at the Cror? cabin several miles up the river and 'were going to ba gone for a week. Don Robinson has closed his repair shop and with his family is going to HUgard to work. Mrs. Robinson has a cooking Job and he is a mechanic. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bradley enter tained at dinner Tuesday Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Harrlman, Mr. and Mrs. George Evans, Mrs, Harry Wad dell, of Wallowa, and Mrs. A. J. Jridale and two children, of Boise. Idaho. Mrs. Addle Fleenor. who spent the winter ln Pomeroy, Wash., returned to Lostine Wednesday for & visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harley Fleenor and fam ily and Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Mays, of Joseph. ;o arMM1 ft few weeks with Mrs. Mrs. joe uaucue nas gono w tiiMjr- G w Franklin. Mrs. Caudle visited over Sunday with her husband at Lostine. $..$$S$$$-$'$'$'$$$$ Clark Wood ! ' Says t j.SS.S.S$s.$$.SSS3;S Washington has gone to law with Oregon over water in the Walla Walla river, when there was enough last March to float a battleship. Scientist says the human jaw Is growing shorter from lack of exercise, but lt looks as though Senator Nor rls alone ought to be. able to main tain the average. The more nations there are. If any. that decide to reduce wheat acreage. the more acreage there's likely to be that won t be reduced. The nows that an infallible breath tester has been doveloped Is of no special concern to tne man wno is married to one. Gotham contains more than five thousand nrofesslonal blood donors. When others contribute lt Is usually with gangster cooperation. i Mr. Capone is said to be worth s20.ooo.ooo. which fact explains a certain eagerness to read abou,t his surpassingly magnuicent oosequies. Not with standing armies can peace bo insured for Europe, yet she main tains them notwithstanding. Highland Customs In the grent homes of the Scotch Hlghlnuds nntive dress still is worn on formal occasions. The clans hold several (rutlierlngs every year, nnd the niimiul Highland tsiunes ure oventa which attract crowds ns hirjje as those attending the more widely advertised spoiling events or the south. South China Armies Prepare for 'Battle HONGKONG. China. May 28 m-t- An exchange telegraph agency dis patch yesterday Bald that a contract had been signed between leaders of the Southern armies and a firm of munition manufacturers for a mil lion dollars worth of shells, bombs, grenades and rifle ammunition with whlch"to-combat nationalist govern ment forces. . Heavy shipments of arms from Germany and Japan, it was said, have been unloaded at Canton in the lost few weeks and the combined Kwon tung and Kwangsl armies have suf ficient munitions to hold out for six months. Ask Fixing of Gas Price at 13c Mark SEATTLE, May 28 (ff) A commit tee of the Automotive Maintenance association of Seattlo will recom mend a fixed gasolino price here of 13 cents a gallon at a meeting of the membershslp tonight. Ed West field, committee member, said yes terday. "Only by stabilizing the price canJ local aeaiers expect 10 ena me cut throat competition of the present gas war and make a reasonable profit for themselves," Westfleld said. tasty As you make your selection of vegetables remember that their distinctive fUvor can be heightened with sugar. ill salads, add at least as much sugar as salt to the French dressing. The smooth, zestful result will delight you. "A dash of sugar to a pinch of salt" is also a fine season iug for meat dishes, or soups nnd stews composed of meat and vegetables. Flavor and season with sugar. The Sugar Institute. season with Sugar Gasoline is selling tit S oents a gallon (with oil) to 12 cents a gal lon. Radio Programs t FRIDAY PROGRAMS National Broadcasting Co.: 6, vo calists and orchestra; 6:30, Theatre of Air; 7, Amos ana Andy; orchestra; 7:30, orchestra; B, vocalists and en semble; 8:30. Kenya Bill; 0, Hill Billies; 9:30, Weekend Hour; 10. Mys- lery serial; iu:u, piano duo; n to I'd, dance orchestra. . Columbia Broadcasting system: 6. orchestra; sports; novelties; , 7.. or chestra; band; 7:30, orchestra; Stranger Than Fiction; 8, Black and Blue: orchestra: 8:30. College iDaze; studio program: 9:30. orchestra: 10, band: orchestra; 12 to. 1 a. m., Vagabond of the Air. Northwest Broadcasting system : 5:40, markets: garden talk; 6, Knights of the Road; Melody Musketeers; 6:30, orchestra; 7, Ward and Chet; 7:30. Vacation Land Review; 8:30. Song Exchange; 9. MontaviUe Flow Purely a Hard Wheat Flour 49-lb. Bag $1.05 i FiooR I Del Maiz Corn A new Breed of Com not just another brand. ;'. No. 2 Can, 2 for . . 29c Shaker Salt Iodized or Plain 2 lb. Package. 2 for . 15c SUGAR Pure C & II Cane Manufacturers. 100-lb. Sack . . , $4.98 Potato Chips Fresh and Crisp . for Lunches. 3 Pkgs. .... 23c Miik r;. Deviled Meat Small Cans 6 for Tuna Fish White Star 2 Cans.. '.. .. .. ...35c MEAT SPECIALS Pickled Pigs Feet I 1-07.. Jit Pi Cheese Full Cream, Pound Weiners MVlffA on ml Pickles ? Rett (Inirie Hulk, er Dozen Store No. 29 1 408 N Fir Phone M 734 CLOSED ALL ers; 9:30, Ad Lib Review; 10,. Sun shine program; 10:30, Moonlight Melodies; 11, concert trio; 11:30, or chestra; 13 to 3 a. m., Midnight Rev ellers. Spokane KHQ (600): 7 a. m., Town Crier; Alice Blue Gown; Van and Don; 8, Hnppytlme; 0, Walt and Norman; music; talk; 10:30, Magazine of the Air; 11:30. organ; 12, talk; Farm, and Home Hour; 1, society; 1:30, Gems of Remembrance; 2, studio parade; 3, service hour; 4, concert; 5, musical programs; 0, sports; public opinion; 0:30. NBC programs; 10, news; Eve ning Hlghlites; 11:16 to 12, orchestra. Nenttle KJR (070):. 5:40 to 3 a. m NBS programs. , . - Tneoma KVI (760): 9, Vignettes; 9:30, Serv - ttors; 10, band; 11, Walkathon; 11:30, questions and answers; 11:45 to 12, orcnesira. Portland KEX (1180): 6, Orpheus Trio; 8:30, symphony orchestra; 0, NBS; 9:30, Frolic; 10, NBS; 10:30, Whlkathon; 11:30, orchestra; 12 to 3 a, m., NBS. Oakland KLX (880): 7, news; 7:30. piano; 8, Hl-Jlnks; 10, band; 11, classic rec ords; 11:30 to 12, dance music." PANCAKE FLOUR ' MacMarr's Best : Note Unusual Value l(i-lb. Bag 49c 2 Cans Jell-Well All Flavors 4 Pkgs. v 25c Pork & Beans Van Camps . 3 Cans . .. 23c 19c I Crackers Gingerale Canada Dry 2 Bottles . . 25c i BETTER VEGETABLES 25c Each 17c 19c Dozen 20c Dozen DAY MEMORIAL DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 80 KGO (790): 6 to 12, NBC programs. San Francisco KPO (680): 7, concertlzed opera; 8, musical programs; 9, radio feature: music; 9:30, orchestra; 10, news; Maurice Gunsky; 10:30, dance orches tra; 11:30 to 12, organ. -r Arnu oiu; a iu i n. m.. vdo pro- -grams, . . Los Angeles ' KFI (640): 6. NBC progrrams; 7, Trio; orchestra; 7:30, baritone; 8. NBC programs; 10:16, concert orches tra; 11:15 to 12, dance orchestra, KHJ (900): 7, orchestra: band; 7:30. concert;! 8, CBS programs; 9:30. -orchestra; 10, news; orchestra; 12 to 1 a. m., organ. . . .' KNX (1060): 7, Watanabe and. Ar chie: string ensemble; 7:30, W. T. Whitsett; golf; 8, Optimistic Do-'; 1 Nuts; 0, orchestra; Wranglers; 9:45. boxing; 10:45, dance orchestra; 11 to 12, musical program. Denver ' ' - KOA (830): B, NBC programs: 7:15, Old Wagon Tongue: 8, orchestra; 9, ' Hill Billy Boys; 9:30, NBC programs; 11, sign off. , . Suit Lake City KSL (1130): 6, NBC programs; 7:16, ensemble; 7:30, musical programs; 8, NBC; 9, Informal program; 9:30, NBC programs: 10:30, organ. : BUTTER Nature's Finest Food. Price is still too Low. Use it - , Freely. ' Twin Peak Peas No. 2' Fancy Extra Sifted Very Speciul. 35c More women use lt . than, any other, 30 Bars .-.-29c . : SUGAR . Pure C & H Berry i." Buy the Best for Canning; 100-lb; Sack .., $5.29 Ripe Olives No. 1 Tall Can ' ' 2 Cans .. . 29c Siiowf lakes 2-lb. I'kR. . 29c 29c Tomato Juice Libbys No. 1 Tall 2 Cans .. .. .. .. ..25c Bananas No Over-Ripes. ' "" 3 Pounds . . 19c Lettuce Large Solid Heads 5c Lemons Fancy Sunkist, 300 size. 33c Oranges Fancy 216 size. 29c Community Cash Store & Market . Fir & Adams Phone M 26
