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Monday, January 4,1932 Page Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. SCHMELING SENDS CHECK JO N. B. A. Heavyweight . C h a m pion v'; Posts , $2500 Forfeit to Defend Title. . 11 CHICAGO Jan. 4 VP) Max Schme- .heavyweight ohamplom last ' -peace 'with the world Insofar as the ''iiationol boxing association la con cerned. r " ' '". lu-'Oeneral John V. CUnnln. prosldent iot the N. B. A., said today that Joe 'UTncoba. manager of Sohmeltng, had forwarded a check for $2500 as a for felt to assure that Bohmellng would 'defend his title In accordance with the rules of the National Boxing As : socta'.ton. ' As a result. General Cllnnln aald, vno vote will be taken on the pro posal to have Schmellng's title va f .'catcd for falling to defend It within t tho prescribed six months. The date - for this action expired yesterday ii General Cllnnln understands that - . Mickey Walker will be signed .. Schmellne's opponent for a contest to bo fought In Miami this spring. If tho Illinois . state legislature vvotea to amend tho law to allow 15 ...round bouts Instend of 10, General I Cllnnln believes Chicago still has an excellent chance of ' landing - tho ,Walkor-8chmellng fight. -The legis lature will resume its deliberations ..tomorrow. Goorgo Gotz, a member of tho Illinois state athletic com I mission, predicts that the 16 round law wlil pass. , 4 ' Ex-Norwegian Wins - Ski Jiihiping Event ...... ; . , ... . ,.. PORTLAND, Jan. 4 WV--John Elv " rum, a slight, blond-headed youth, ''only a, little more than year In d' this country from Norway, won the 'ski-Jumping championship Sunday as " tho first of four major winter sports !" events was- held near Government Camp below white Mount Hood. Elvrum, mornber of tho Cascade Ski- club, made two perfect flights, tho longest for 178 feet, and. tho ... other one only one foot shorter. . Four thousand spectators witnessed ,. the exhibition. Mix T 1 : MANHUNT ON FOR SLAYERS OF OFFICERS (Continued Prom Pago One) Crcoswhlto was tho father of ftetth tcro3swhlte, held in Jail In La ,-iGrnmle.) Thrce other officers were wounded and tho occupants of tho house. w'hoso identity and number still Is not exactly known, fled before other cftlecrfl, national guardsmen arid volunteer possemen arrived," Pollco believe Horry and Jennings yfeung wero aided in their slaughter by. another brother, Paul, and per lmps by Charles Floyd, 37, an Okla homa outlaw known as "Pretty Boy.1 - Oklahoma officers associated Floyd with tho BprlnHfleld shootings as l-oon as details of the bloody affair ijecflmo known. Ho Is wanted for the murder of a' policeman at Bowling Green, Ohio, three killings in Kansas City and numerous other crimes and 1r known in Akron and Toledo, Ohio. ; Floyd entered directly ihto the ( cbo with the Identification of his picture as one of thrco men who", stopped at a ICnnsna City tire shop Sunday, I 11. B. Champ, proprietor of the phop, said Floyd's companion, Iden- j tilled as Harry Young, also from a police- photograph, wore a blood stained sheet around his right hand, six ArrrstH Made Six members of the Young family ore under arrest here, but officers expressed belief they were not defin itely linked with tho massacre. The prisoners Include- Mrs. Willie Young, mother of the fugitives: another brother, Oscar; his wife, two sisters of the suspects, Vinta Young and Mrs. Albert Conley, and the latter's husband. The search for the killers Inaugur ated at the scene of the battle con tinued Saturday and Sunday with hundreds of men. bloodhounds, and an airplane co-opi?ratlng. Mrs. E. T. Page, wife of a suburban grocer, said Harry and Jennings Young appeared at her door Sunday morning, asked for food for three men, nnd disappeared into a thicket when their request was received. Missouri license plates found in a field near the automobile wrecked In Texas, wore reported by District At torney Nee to have boon Issued to J. H. Rogers, of Bolivar, Mo. He bo lleved the automobile hud been stolen frcm the vicinity of Springfield. Two farm women said they saw tho Texas suspects hurl the license ptatcH Into the field, halt another machine, and proceed south In it to ward Houston. IIOl'SK SKAHCHM) HOUSTON, Tex . Jan. 4 ir Seven Houston detectives armed with riot guns searched n house here todnv restllnimg Tuesday, Jan. 5, Eagles Hall HOWARD CANTONWINE VS. ' COUNT HARKOVSKY Good Preliminaries All Seats $1.00 BRUSHING UP SPORTS . . . ..: W :f e W, fW' hi0K O0LL&C5fr jxi-JS- vCff 1t' picked oh ie Am CSrOi KTr' New Stars Win Laurels In "Big Time" Track Meet NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (AV-An 18- year-old sprinter, a ; newcomer to "big time" competition, nnd a 20-year-old world record holder are off In the lead In tho 1932 track and field race which ends at the Olympic games at Los Angeles next summer. Ed Siegel, of the Swedish-American Athlotlo club of New York, making his first appearance In nil invita tion event, provided the greatest sur prise of the opening meet of thoi metropolitan indoor season, the Co lumbus council, K. of C. games Sat urday night, when he made a clean sweep of the sprint series at 60, 80 and 100 meters, putrunnlng a field of stars that included Ira Singer, lnstt year's indoor sprint champion. j Along with Siegel on the honor roll came George Spitz, 20-yearold New York university sophomore who lnst year set on Indoor high Jump record of 6 feet 7 inches. Jumping In flat shoes from a smooth board floor, Splta failed by only one inch to equal his world record. Hq u ills Itecord t All Siegel did In three races was to equal the indoor record of 7 1-6 seconds for CO meters In the first lacu. beating Singer by a toot, win tho 80-meter dash by another small margin from Bernard Krosney, of N. Y. U., nnd then spread-eagle the field at 100 meters, leading Kros ney to the tapo fy five feet. Gcno Venzko, ono of the country's best mllers, and Joe McCluskey, Fordhnm distance star, won the oth er two big victories of the meet. Vcnr-ke retained his title in the Mayor Walker half mile run, beat ing Frank Nordoll, of N. Y. U., and Donald Fleet, of Boston college, In a closo finish. McCluskey ran nwny from his field in a special 5000 meter rncc, finishing a hnlf lap ahead of George Borkor, of N, Y. U. for Harry and Jennings Yoiing, Mis souri desperadoes, but failed to find them They acted Upon A report Harry Young's bride of threo weeks occupied the house. Nearby residents hurriedly left tho neighborhood fear ing an extensive gun fight. Tho Houston officers knocked arid shouted about the house tor ten minutes before they went Inside. No one was there. At the same time a young woman, said to bo a sister of Harry Young's wife, was arrested In another section of Houston. Zoor Trcatur Ttio Loudon zoo 1ms one of tlio world's rarest birds a South Amer ican hontzln, which tins two slinrp clnws on Its wines. ,. 43S UP ABCtJf 1 i this aiemTsW'e OF MKA ClVlLIZATiONl .NOT HE., pin t hot Assails 'HOOVER, GlFFOftD 1 (Continued From Page One) grnm he said would enter fields whore there was no question of the government's power. Ono of the New Yorker's proposals Is to close postoffices on Saturday as well as Sunday. - Another; would closo federal, reserve and national banks and all government depart-, menta on Saturday and Sunday . A third would provide government con tracts for work and materials be let only to concerns 'Operating oh & five" day basis. , t ..; . , r ' : ; . - , Laguardia also would authorize $&6,000,000 to provide army-havy ra tions for - the ..surplus ,of 800.000 miners in Pennsylvania, West Vir ginia, Kentucky, .Ohio and Indiana for ono year, also giving them voca tional .training for thnti.tiure.' ' Laguardia would authorize $20,- 000.00a to purchase 1.000.00Q suits of clothing for men, 1,000000 for women and children and 2,000,000 pair of shoes. These would be manufactured entirely of domestic materials and distributed through state or nvuhtc ipal agencies. GANDHI JAILED ' FOR THIRD TIME BY THE BRITISH (Continued From Page One) arrested Vallabhal Pntcl, president of the Indian national congress, also was taken Into custody and a new series of repressive decrees against boycotting of British. goods, "unlaw ful Instigation," ."unlawful associa tion'' and other acts associated with tho civil disobedience type of "war fure" were promulgated at NeW Del hi by Viceroy Lord Willingdon. . The mahatma and Patel, the sturdy farmer president of the congress, ar rived here under guard at 8:30 a. m., both chilled through from the 120-mtle ride from Bombay In the chilly air of early morning. It was Gandhi's day of silence and this kept him from speaking, but .he gave his old Jailer a broad smile of recognition, beaming, upon him liko an old friend. Ouce Inside the Jail he turned without hesitation to hla old quarters which had been hurriedly prepared to receive him. COMMITTEE HELD ILI.KGAL NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 4 (D The working committee of the In dian nationalist congress - was de clared Illegal today by British of ficials. ... THOOPS I.KAVK FOR INDIA DfiVONPORT, Bug.; Jan. 4 (PK-A detachment of 100 men from the sec ond battalion rifle brigade left today for Southampton to embark tomor row for India. Preparations also were, made for the departure of 140 non-commis sioned officers and men of the sec ond battalion of the Norfolk regi ment for India on Jan. 23. CITED FOR BRAVERYJN ROUTING BANK BANDITS Clifford Jacobseu, . 2 -year-old Assistant ca&hicr of a Bristol, Wis., bank, hns been cited hy the Wisconsin Bankers' Asso ciation for his courafie In fight- lug off two ban dits who at tempted to rob Ms brink. He shot one ' and frightened t h e other nway In stead of follow Inn their. In Btructionlo He Is shown: ins gull ho ucd. 111 M "Mi "Btlrx "em nil!" noitiiug By Lauf er 8IU. eAMPBtUJR, INDEPEMPgfjf. 0 fuffCMlMiO RKe.OMTfiREE J lQl4-l9l5-r9lt,. YeT'POFF OWS fJEVER. ' .....CrtCfcEMOvJANl AU-3jAB TEAM-,. AL WARDEN Ely Ciilberfsori Sure of Victory, Experts Believe . By Tom O'Nell NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (P) Competi tors in the contract bridge match will strive In the concluding sessions this week to get the most pf their carets, aitnougn victory lor ay tau- bertson's side is a foregone conclu- sion, In the opinion of heUtrnl ett- perts. , v V- 1 There will be material for argu - ment for the vanquished if Sidney S. Lena nnd his new partner, Com - mander Winfield Liggett Jr., are able to reduce the deficit of Lena's side to below what is was when Oswald .Tnrohv. rPRiirnpri nn ina' .nnrimr in a dismite over biddine and Dlav."I With 30 rubbers left of .the 150 rubber scries Culbertson'!) side is 20.220 points ahead. Of that lead 10,840 points were accumulated white Jacoby was Lena's partner and 3380 points while fhe commander sat op posite Lens. Jacoby has played 103 rubbers and Liggett i7. .,. ; . Culbertson expressed the Opinion today that with a fair break 4n cards his lead would be Increased rather than reduced in the final session., tonight, tomorrow night and Thurs day and Friday nights. , .Ho estimated " that Jacoby had been worth at least 10,000 points to to Lenz. That Is. if Jacoby had not been playing, Culbertson would have 1C.000 more pluB. Culbertson would have been glad to have had Jacoby as a partner if Lens had not chosen him. Tlio lady in the case has something at stake in this week's play. In the 73 rubbers In which Mrs. Culbertson has been her husband's partner the plus of. --the Culbertson's side has been 3540. Only two rubbers are necessary for her. to complete , the portion of the match which the con tract, stipulates- she -must play, half of it. But she intends to play throughout tonight's - rubbers and the final session Friday night in the hope of making the lead acquired while she is at the table as large as possible. . . - Culbertson, who has had three partners already, will have two more next week. Michael Gottlieb will be opposite him tomorrow night and Howard Schenken Thursday night. There will be no play Wednesday night. Each of those partners will desire to make as good a showing as possible. 11 i.Anij;foil Bureau Representative Thomas H. Amlie, Wisconsin, shown, here, a new comer to Congress, has evolved a novel plan for tackllnjt the prohi bition problem. Amlie would modify the Volstead Act so It would not apply to any Individual complying with the law enforce- ment-cts of his state, and thus the Volstead Act would be leRally inoperative in stales nhirh-hnvo no prohibition laws of their own.' Has Dry Plan I Sport Slants I . i. - f S 448,$'sS3$3$3&S3 ' Hy Alan J. Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) Just: when we were beginning - to pee, cautiously above the parapet, wondering whether It was safe to be at large again, the sniping has broken out afresh. . "l have been following your sport slants with some Interest all season . . . " writes Mark Pox .of- Clayton, Delaware. t "And you come to post season musings and blow up like a tire with a cracked casing.. "Why not Purdue in your list of 12 'best teams? Did Purdue beat Northwestern? Are you looking for rcumparaiive BGoresc i now . aoout Northwestern 7( Indiana 6; and Pur due 19, Indiana 0? "Purdue won 8 and lost 1. The gamo Purdue lost, laugh if you will Was purely the breaks, so-called, of blocked punt that netted- Wisconsin two touchdowns. Northwestern won 7. lost 1, that to Purdue, and was tied by Notre Dame. . Should that nos rate Purdue ahead of North western? . 1 ,' t .."Of course I should have remem besed that the captain of the Pur plo halls ' from Delaware (Dallas Marvil,- all-America tackle). "If you really want to see a good team in -action, I would suggest that volt look In on t.hn Pnrrtno - TMf.r York university game next fall." Whereupon, we were , invited to eat with a lot of Purdue men in Phila delphia,, which, ehow'j either that Purduo men can "take it" or that perhaps they were looking for re venge. GUBATLY . UXAGGEUATED Enjoying the very best-of health, Arnold N. Strode -Jackson, winner of the famous Olympic. 1500 meters at Stockholm in 1912, colonel In the British forces during the World war, nnw an Amprlrnn hneliiUBo mnn in Louisville, Ky., well may be par- doned for objections to a report of j his death in London, published in me ljonoon uauy Mirror. . It so happens that I am able to vouch for Colonel Jackson's present whereabouto and cood health. I had the pleasure of chatting over old Steffen regarded it as a peculiar co Olympic times with him a few years incidence that Mr. Crosswhite should ago in New York" and heard from be shot down by the same man whom him again on a visit to the blue ho discussed with him in November, grass for the Kentucky Derby last Incidentally, it is reported that both spring; . I Crosswhite nnd Owens know Young, Colonel Jackson is best remem- tho man who presumably killed the bered for his sensational Olympic former's father. Reports are that victory 19 years ago over tho great- Mi. Crosswhite is survived only by est group of mllers America ever his widow and his son in the im sent to the cinder paths. The 1500 mediate family meter race in 1912 was surmosedlv I Officers from all parts of the state. "in the bag" for the Yankees, the only question being whether the winner would be Norman Taber, John Paul Jones or Abel Kiviat. ,As a' result they jockeyed them- selves so much that they forgot all 1 about Jackson until It' was too late, Tho long-striding Briton bent them U11 the stretch with a terrific I burat of speed. I. 1 AOK TEAM ItECNION ur attention Is called by Leonard Vannell of Miles City, Mont., to the vfncH1that -the- members' -of Montana Etate'n ' drQ'c basketball t6.an' pf' conchin now nil holding Jobs, got together during the holl dayo for a re-union and a few barn storming games. Frank Ward, center on the so called "wonder team" Is now coach ing nt Terry Hjgh school, nenr Miles ( vi i. . niH urouier, unana, a ior ward. Is a mentor at Bozeman Jun ior high. Ashworth ("Cat") Thompson, the high-scoring forward, is the Park county high school coach at Living ston, one of this gateways to Yellow stone park. John ("Brick") Breeden, guard, .coaches nt Montana Normal and Beaverhead county high school. Max .WDTthlngton, also a guard. Is an assistant coach at his alma mater. Bdttalind Fights On Friday Night NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (Christopher (Bat) Bnttallno starts the new year right with a featherweight title de fense in Madison Square Garden Fri day night. His opponent this time will be a young New Yorker, Lew Fetdman. They will fight 15 rounds or less with Bnttallno an odds-on choice. The Battallno-Feldman match Is the only outstanding bout on the national card this week, Los An geles, how-ever, will offer a ten round struggle between Al Brown, elon gated Panama negro, and Speedy Dade, Filipino bantamweight, to night. Aluminum was discovered in 1828. COMMON TABLE SALT OFTEN HELPS STOMACH Drink plenty of water with pinch of salt. If bloated with gas add a spoon of Adlertka. This washes out BOTH'stomach and bowels and rids you of nil gas. Red Cross Drug Store. Adv. Light Globes G. E. MAZDA WE HAVE : YOUR SIZE W.M. Bohnenkamp Co. Semi-Final On Wrestling Card Changed Today Because of a jaw injury, & change has been found necessary In . one event on the, wrestling card sched-j uled for tomorrow night In Eagles hall. ' Ray McCarroll,. who was to wrestle Cliff White; of Denver, In a i one-hour limit preliminary, has ln etend engaged his brother, Frank Mc Carroll, JiOo-pounder , of Boise, to meet Ray Jeffries, 210, of , Walla Walla.; . .. ' . Count Harkovsky, who Is- to meet' Howard Cantonwlne In the .. main 1 ! wupnt finish match under Police Gazette rules, has arrived , in La Grande and Cantonwlne is expected i hero tomorrow. I Hnrkovsky and Ray. McCarroll will i tfM-b- tit; ITnalce holl frnm 1 ' tn ' , a toulgnt- wltu the public In- vited and no .charge to be made. Frank McCarroll also will work out during the same period. , Reports are that advance demand ; for tickets for the match tomorrow have exceeded any before previous matches, Indicating an unusually large crowd. . The card is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. pTJAAjn TTTT?V IjlViVIA U J U XV X WILL CONVENE ON THURSDAY (Continued From Page One) ever the consequences of his 'own situation. Wnrnetir Steffen of Young Mr. Crosswhite, the father, was in Lr. Grande for a few weeks after his sor.'s capture, and while here gave Chief of Police Jim Steffen a picture of Harry Young, the man who is j believed to have shot him, "It you ever run on to him and haven't the drop, don't monkey with him at nil." Mr. Crosswhite warned Mr. Steffen at the time. Young was wanted for the murder of Mark S. Noe. an officer, on June 2, 1929. Mr. who came hero Saturday to attend Mi". Helms' funeral, have returned to their homes, Mrs. Helms is re ported to be ill. although not seri ously. Undoubtedly, hen friends say, her 73-day vigil at the bedside of her husband during his long fight for life, served as an unusual strain and may have been contributory to her present illness. Those who attended the funeral services here Saturday declare that It was tho largest funeral held in La Grnnde in many years, a fitting tribute -to a brave and.. gallant of- 'fleer.1' "the first -stnte policeman- in Oregon to succumb in the line of duy. , ' 1 mSiZ FUEL CO. KEARNS BUILDING SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH SOLD Savanags 1 THAN ANY JANUARY SALE! Two Fine Stores on the Bargain Block FOR FINAL CLbSE-OUT CONNER'S Department Store ' 0 - s . IMBLER ' PERSONALS By Mrs. Hay Wilson (Observer Correspondent) IMBLER (Special) Ben. Raskopf, ag; teacher in Imbler High school, announces his first night school will bo .held next Thursday evening, Jan. V, at the High school building. Swine diseases will be discussed at this meeting; - 1 - Roland Schadd, Smith-Hughes in structor in the High, school at Half way, Ore.,: stopped in Imbler Sunday to visit his friend, Ben. Raskopf. Mr. Schadd was on hia way home from tho teachers' institute nt Portland. Mrs. Walter Furman. and children left bjr1 train Thursday morning for Joseph where they visited friends. -Lyle and Ncta Wilson .returned homo Sunday evening from 'Union whero they have been staying at the homo of Mr, and.Mrs. Fred Fox while Neta ' was recuperating from the measles. . . . Ralph ' Hudson, . who has been spending the holidays with his brother,. Ratie Hudson, will return to . Bend next week where he is spending the winter with his parents and sister, Ona. Three carloads of livestock were shipped from Imbler Saturday to Portland., - More deer have been seen around Imbler the past few days. Charles Keenan reports having seen ten head near the viaduct north of Imbler the latter part of the week. Mr. Keenah says the deep snows cut they off from their winter range and consequent ly they have been compelled to come to the valley for feed. Tho Imbler F. F. A. hns the dis tinction of being the first F. F. A. chapter to organize a rifle club and bo admitted to the National Itiflc association. Two members of the ,c,lub finished, the pro-mnrksmanship I test, Elton. Frizzelr nnd Sheldon Lloyd when ' they turned in their tenth target Sunday morning. Scores rT,nE burning qualities that make Liberty the outstanding Utah Coal will save you hard cash now. The firm, clean structure of Liberty reduces slacking and waste. Quickest to start and making long lasting hot fires. Fill your bin with Liberty and enjoy the economy of the better burning Utah Coal. , , -f. EXCLUSIVELY IN LA GRANDE BY JEFFERSON AT ELM PHONE 28 YOU WILL LIKE OUR SERVICE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED POTMAN'S Ready-to-Wear Store made at Sunday . morning's shoot were: Elton Frlzzell, (highest score) 46; Sheldon Lloyd, 43: Darwin Keenan, 42; Leighton Johnston, 27; Harland Pratt, 28; Max-York, 40; Dcl mer Fowler, 32; Donald Westenskow, 25; Richard Wilson, 17. All scores cut of a posslbls 50. .-. The basketball game played last Friday night in Wade hall between the High srtiool and alumni teams proved to be a thri'.ar. Both teams were going strong offensively and they took turn about ringing them up; At the end of the fourth quar ter it was tied nt 41 and the first overtime period gnve the High school ono basket but just before the whis tle the alumni made good on a. long shot to tie it up again. In the sec ond overtime session each team made two baskets for' another deadlock but in tho third overtime periodthe High -school made the lone and winning basket mnking the final score 49-47. '. Mr and Mrs. Albert Keefer, of La Grande, spent Sunday visiting with Mr. nnd Mrs. Lynn Hasbrook., "Sanatorium" and "Sanitarium" A sanatorium: Is u locality condu cive to irsinrnllon or prt'serviitinn of health, especially when used as a resort of invalids. Sanitarium Is the same except tiint it Is restricted to n place where condiUnns are prophylactic instead of using thera peutic agencies. On Being Misunderstood Next to generalizing from insuffi cient data, the most popular human activity is being misunderstood. Woman's Home Companion. True Freedom Whosoever will be free. lot him not desire or dread that which it is In the power of others 'either to deny or inflict ; otherwise, lie is a slave. KplcWtus. ler
