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Thursday, January: 7, 1932 JJ$ Grande evening observer, la grande, ore. L(DCA1L 'In Baiter $ i Lieut. Colonel R..R. Huron, of the ' Oregon national guard, was a visitor af Baker on Tuesday evening, and presented a discussion on company attendance and the Importance- of ! ." accuracy in minor details of military movements to Co. F, 186th Infantry. Stake Board Meets ' ' J ij'-The M. I; A. stake aboard met Wed ,!nesday evening to arrange for the annual Gold and' Green ball which! :.'will be held on Jan. 29. Grant Bean and Mrs. George Lymarr arc In charge ypt arrangements and-more definite details will .bo announced later. j ; Baby Born . Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Graham are -the parents of a baby girl born on MJan. 2. They live at 2806 North Spruce street. ' 'Daughter Born , ' A baby girl was born on Jan. 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Hawes at their home at 2203 North Depot street. . Improving - S. A. Anderson, one of the few re maining Civil war veterans, who has . been ill at his home at 406 M ave nue, Is recovering from an attack of Influenza. Ill Several members of the staff at the post office are confined to their homes by Illness. Harvey Patten :-and Richard Hill, carriers, are ill; Coral Hardlman Is unable to work; and Wiles Latham, substitute clerk, is alBO Indisposed. ' School of Missions r! The first of the series of classes in the Presbyterian School of Mis sions was held last night at the Pres byterian church, with a large group in attendance. Mrs. H. H. Cleaver was general chairman of the event, and she was assisted by committee . chairmen at the no host dinner which was served at six o'clock. Classes were held after dinner, with groups segregated Into primary, high school, young men and women and - .. EPILEPSY CURABLE? Detroit lady finds complete relief for husband. Specialists home and abroad failed. Nothing to sell: All letters answered. Mrs. Geo. Dempster, Apt. 16-5, 6900 .LaFayette Blvd. West, Detroit,' Fich. , 1-7-1 tp. SPECIAL "A Chance to Clean L'p' 4 PILLOWS ONE DOLLAR 1 QUILTS ONE DOLLAR 3 BLANKETS ONE DOLLAR Thoroughly washed, sterilised and dried. For 10 days only Call M77. MODERN LAUNDRY FREE X-RAY EXAMINATION " VT v OF THE SPINE to those who ore really interested In regaining their HEALTH'. Call at our office January 8 or 9 for this free X-ray examina tion.. Know the condition of your SPINE and NERVOUS SYS TEM and WHY you are not enjoying GOOD HEALTH. DRS. BIGGS and BIGGS PALMER GRADUATE CHIROPRACTORS X-Ray and Ncurocolometcr Service. Second Floor Foley Bldg. Our Weekly Triangle 1PECDAHS A pair of All Wool Dress Trousers for the regular price of a Pair of Overalls! Mew ydrmk STorII IB IK D i adults, with a teachfifr and an In teresting study book ;gr each class. Funeral Services Funeral services foiv Charles Mat thews were hold Tuesday Sin Port land. His daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Norton, of La Grande, who spent the past two weeks In Portland, returned to this city yesterday morning. Mr. Matthews was a resident of Portland for some years, and ' pHpr to that time he was for 20 years' a promin ent sheepman of Umatilla county. He was 111 for about two months. Mr. Matthews Is survived by . his widow and eight children: Julius Matthews, Mrs. Stella Earnsplgger, -Mrs. Helen Hclcomb, and Miss Rose Matthews, of Portland; Mrs. Mildred Murray, of Hollywood; Mrs. Maude Harrison, of Milton; Lewis Matthews, of Pilot Rock; and Mrs. Norton. .1 ' . Returns to Durkec or? Mhs Helen Bronson, has returned to her home at Durkee, after spend ing a two weeks vacation visiting friends In La Grande.'.: County Court The county court resumed Its Jan uary session this morning and spent the time allowing bills. All members are present. They expect to arrive at the docket by this afternoon. To Return Saturday After spending his Christmas vaca tion undergoing and recovering from an operation, Boyd Jackson, son of Mrs. Ruth Jackson, expects to be able to return to Coivallis. where he is a student at Oregon State col lege, on Saturday. He Is able to be out of doors now. Boyd Is a fresh man at O. S. C. and a pledge to Delta Tau Delta. Returns H. E. Williams, who has been in Portland for the past week transact ing business, returned yesterday to his home here. Has Operation Mrs. Beulah White 'Underwent an operation for appendicitis this morn ing at the Grande Ronde-' hospital. Major Operation awi Marlon Hagey, of Hilgard, 'under went a major operation at the Grande Ronde hospital on Jan. 6 and is re ported to be improving. ' K ' Baby -Girl - Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Mehlhorn, of Halfway, are the parents of a seven and a half-pound baby girl born at the home of Mrs. Mehlhorn's mother, Mrs. Malone, in La Grande, recently. Mrs. Malone lives at J304 H avenue. For Treatments- "'. George D. Holland, of Elgin, was in La Grande yesterday for osteopathic treatment. Return Mrs. Edward Mayberry, Mrs. Claude Sanford and Mrs. Beth Flennor, who Phone Main 610 II 11 MEN'S ALL WOOL DRESS TROUSERS VALUES TO $5.00 Triangle Special ' 98c V Friday, Saturday, and Monday SEE THEM IN OUR WINDOWS I accompanied Mrs. Jack Farris I 'Seattle, returned Tuesday to ta Grande, after -a few daya absent. Mrs. Farrls expects to remain f . about two weeks transacting buy. To Sllverton v Mlss Dorothy Eberhard, accork. J panled by her mother, Mrs. C. Eberhard, left last night for Por. i land where she will visit until Sol. j urday, when she expects to return ; to Sllverton to resume her duties , teacher In the high school. Mlti3 Eberhard underwent on , appendix operation Immediately after arriving In La Grande for the holidays,, and has been recuperating at the homje of her parents. ' From Pendleton 7 Recent visitors In La Grande frony Pendleton were two former residents. Mrs. Hazel Coughenower and Mrs. Gertrude Galbralth. They have re turned to their homes. Wcsttvay Club to Meet - Mrs. Bert Webb will be hostess to the Westway ciub of the V. B. A. at her home on Adams avenue Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clock. All of ficers are requested to .be present. . LOWER HOUSE NOT READY TO ACT ON BILL v (Continued From Page One) partment's explanation of Its policy with reference to foreign loans was 'wretched subterfuge." t Later today a formal denial came from the atate department of any re sponsibility for losses the public, might have had in buying foreign bonds. ; "No foreign loans has ever been made," it said, "which, purported to have the approval of the American, government as to the intrinsic value of the loan." . . I In its 2000-word statement, which 1 came as a reply to a denunciation by Senator Glass, the department said its simple statement of the absence j of objection to a loan could not be considered as approval of it. I Meanwhile the senate finance com mittee was hearing written warnings by former Secretary Kellogg of state and by S. Parker Gilbert, agent gen feral of reparations. In 1027, suggest ing American banks be cautious In handling foreign loans. RADIO SURVEY BILL FILED WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 W) A reso lution calling for the survey by the radio commission of the extent of commercial advertising programs over the radio was introduced today by Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi gan. Six major points for the commis sion to report on to the senate were proposed: What information is available on the feasibility of government owner ship or operation of radio stations. To what extent broadcasting facili ties are used for commercial advertis ing purposes. How the stations are divided by power, . What can be done to . control or perhaps eliminate commercial radio Ijaavcrtisig'.'.y,.', . 1. ; 1 .7 .,' .7-- u'.'.',', .' What Is done by other countries. Whether it would be possible to announce only the names of sponsors of programs. ; SALARY BILLS TABLED WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (ff) Tho house expenditures committee today tabled all bills referred to it to cut government salaries. Four bills had been presented. Three sponsors of the legislation Represen tatives Shallenberger, Democrat, Ne braska; Rich, Republican, Pennsyl vania and McGugin, Republican, Kansas testified in support of their proposals, j The committee, however, decided a No Refunds No Exchanges No Alterations Each Sale Final reduction In purchasing power would have a more harmful effect than fa decrease In governmental expenditures,; SCOUT HONOR COURT TO BE IN FEBRUARY A court of honor will be held In connection with the February rally of tho Boy ScoutB, and the January court of honor has been postponed until that time, It has been decided. A meeting of the scout masters was held at the Lavender lunch, on Tues day noon. The rally will- be held Fob. 0 during anniversary , week, which Is the second week of the month. , Tho following events will comprise tho rally: wheelbarrow race, Paul Re vere race, peanut rolling contest, Morse signalling contest, Indian sign language contest, first aid, fire by ctlon, bird Iiousj contest, knot toard contest. Each troop will put ft scouting stunt, which will be ucatlon. The parents' and sons' banquet Vlll be held on March 8, and arrange -n ents will be completed later. Arrangements were made to hold t:ie monthly meeting on the first tonday In each month , and the next wpl be held on Feb. 1 at noon. Pres ent at Tuesday's meeting were Har- iy Carter, L. E. Evans, Nephi Combs .d Elmo Stevenson, 1NE POWER PACT INVOKED BY AMERICA (Continued From Page One) never a situation arises which. In thoJoDlnlon of anv one of them n- voljes the application of the stipula tion Df the present treaty, and ren dersVjesirable discussion of such ap plication, there shall be full and franv communication between the contacting powers concerned." Pident Hoover personally ex press anew today the American gverments "deep concern" over the faV eastern situation; Replying to a formal address by W. WyYen, newly. appointed minister of Crina in presenting his creden tials, ma president said the American government was mindful of its en gagements under treaties and "pro poses vy continue to follow with close and sjiicitous attention develop ments to the eastward. "I request that you convey to your governnipnt and to the people of China." the president said to the mlnistei',''the assurance that the American; government and people continueto observe with deep and sympathetic Interest the present struggle if the Chinese nation for the realization Df those principles , which foiy the foundation of a j Democrat! estate." , Pt'isUINO BANDITS . MUKDEN Manchuria. Jan. 7 VP) A Japanese headquarters cornmurtlquo' today said our expeditions against Chinese irregulars are proceeding in the areas around Mukden, Liaoyang, Hsinmin andlTlehllng. , - About one company is. participat ing In each, the communique said., - One Japamae. .and , forty ..Chinese were killed In clash five miles north of Lioyang, it, said, when the Jap anese scattered 300 bandits. It added' that a strong irregular force attacked 1 HE'S BEEN ASLEEP SINCE OCT.. 19 iWM urn, 1 ii ii 1 1 M Asleep since Oct. 1ft, Joe II lupins, flght-year-ohl Memphis, Tenn., hoy, Is now 011 the third month of con in. Miss Birdie Hue Tldwell,. 10, shown b Oil do him above, lir been pruning at his bedside dally for the boy's recovery, Joe seems to rally at times, hut Is still asleep despite the fact that his ores are open for hours at a time. POTENTATE RIDES REAL CAMEL t Kan Friinrli.ro wm mi.vlhlng hut ilcwrlllke wlmt Willi n wet rain whpn Thorn: .1. Houston, liiiprrlal potentate of the shrine, arrived for the uniiuiil New Yenr'H ratt-ivcM rhiirlty cum.. Hut Man r'ninclficii Khrlnera were on hand with till minel to greit their chief In oriental st lie. Smoot Finds in Rugged Health At 70 Proof Religious Faith Pays WASHINGTON W Years rest lightly on Senator Reed Smoot, who, January 10, reaches the Biblical span of three score and ten. Hard work, now as In his youth, Is his key to success, and his recipe for living Is In the tenets' of the Mormon church. His virility a sort of wiry, rug ged vigor belies his years and his "deanshlp" of the senate through un broken service since March, 1903. 1 He is recognized as keeping about the longest office hours of any mem ber of congress. "I have a right to demand such endurance," he says. "I have lived in accordance with the principles of right living as taught by my relig ion." . . - . - There Is a grim doggedness about the senator the result of mature TlehJtngt opened tho prison, liber ated "all prisoners and set the prison buildings on fire before (Japanese forces arrived. SHANHAIKWAN CAPTURED TIENTSIN, China, Jan. 7 (Jap anese troops captured the city of Shanholkwan today, reports from there said. The city of . Shanhaikwan, real gateway from China to Manchuria, stands at the formal boundary line between China proper and Manchuria, about half way between Pelplng and Mukden. At one time Shanhaikwan was the key to all Northern China, standing In tho shadow of the Great Wall at Its celebrated eastern gate, some times called "the first gate of the world.' Tho Japanese wore said to be us ing , tho South Manchuria railway equipment for transporting troops toward Shanhaikwan. Their strength In that vicinity was reported to be further . increased with the arrival, at Chlnwangtao, ten miles from Shan haikwan, of an additional airplane carrier and three gunboats. What happened to the 3000 Chinese troops stationed in that city was not detailed in tho reports but it was believed they probauly retired to Launchow Inside the great wall where 30.000 of their compatriots from Chlnchow were quartered. Horse Deal Costs Aga Kahn A . LONDON (iP Tv,o of tho Aga Kahn's most expensive racing horses have been sold for the price of hacks. He paid $30,000 for Salevo as a year ling and sold the horse for $176. Nushirawan, which cost 922,500, brought $275. Too Strenuous Bubble wns telling about his first Any nt school. , "I don't like IL They almost worked me to death, tlnve me n pencil and some paper, and I didn't have lime to do any thing else all day," he reported Ihnt evening on his return. . , . ' Italy's "White Coal",; .Itnhbaa hurnessed ,iuoro than S.fiOO.OOO horsepower . o'f ' Its witter vny, of which more thnn 2,700,000 horsepower 1ms been obtained In its northern provinces. decisions before taking a stand. Thus his admonition to young peo ple Is: "Make up your mind what you are going to do and work to attain As a boy, fresh out of school, he first worked at sacking potatoes and fruit. Three years later he hod made good his promise to become manager, 1 His father was a "rabid, Irrecon-j dlable Democrat of the Kentucky brand," the senator saya but young Reed became a Republican after study had convinced him that the protec tive tariff was essential to Utah and the nation and that the Republl-, can party, standing for it, should bo I his party. I Though a baseball catcher In ear-! Her days, the senator now finds rec reation in golf, but not to the dis turbance of office hours. FARMERS OF WISCONSIN . ASK SUBSIDY (Continued From Page One) ly on the subsidy, and that amount shall bo raised through dividend taxes and surtaxes on Incomes. The farmer is guaranteed a return of two per cent on the assessed valuation of his farm and enough more to as sure him at least the 30 cents an hour wage on the basis of on eight-1 hour day. The senate has yet to act on the amended measure. Assemblymen John Fronek, Frank Panzer, Ray Lawton, and L. S. Shau t;er Introduced the bill and they be lieve in It. Farmers, they said, have tho same definite rights to profit as do manufacturers, whom they state aro subsidized by tariffs and what not. ... PEACE TIME ARMY ARRIVES AT CAPITOL . (Continued Prom Page One) loans to reestablish the farmer, and that the money be raiBed by increas ing tho surtaxes on largo Incomes, Inheritance taxes up to 70 per cent and by a large gift tax. Their Journey was in vivid con trast' to that of a body of demon strators that concentrated here at the beginning of congress to chant "the Internationale" in the streets: of the capital. . .-,.-'- Extra police stood about the capl tol but they were there more as trafflo directors than In anticipation of trouble. The riot guns and tear gas bombs with which they' were armed for the December demonstra tion were abBent. vi More than ten thousand unem ployed were fed at the foot of Capitol Hill this morning to begin the day. The followers of Father Cox oon sumed hundreds of gallons of steam ing coffee and thousands of dough-'. ' nuts and rolls. 1 Eight army rolling kitchens from Tort Myer, provided the food. ' A The feeding startod at 7:30 ond continued for three hours but the pupply of rolls and1 doughnuts fur nished by District of Columbia re lief organizations ran out before everyone was served. Extra policemen were drawn up In ' front of tho cnpltol but such Jobless men as came were admitted freely. Extra details of police also were stationed In tho halls but thoro waa 10 Blgn of disorder. The visitors Inspected with all the apparent Interest of a group of tour ist sightseers, their BUbdued manner contrasting sharply with the nhouted demands of the marchers Jed by' communist sympathizers a month ago. Capitol authorities planned, to ad mit the marchers to the galleries td the limit of their capacity. White House officials indicated If Father Cox sought an appointment with the president, to lay before him the marchers' unemployment de mands, he would be received. The heavy police guard thrown entirely around the White House1 grounds during the demonstration of December 7 was entirely lacking. HTKAGOLBRH IN PITTHIUJKOM PITTSBURGH, Jan. 7 (A) Trucks bearing 571 stragglers from the march of unemployed on Washington came , Into Pittsburgh early today. . One man had frozen feet and many of them were so numb with cold that they were tied to the trucks to j keep them from falling off. j The trucks were sent out last night and they followed highways as far east as Ebensburg, Pa. Oreat con tainers of coffee and 1100 sandwiches wcro taken to give the hungry. Many of the men were described as 111 from exposure and hunger by an aldo to Rev. James R. Coy, lead er of the march. "WEDDING" FEATURE OF MASONIC MEET (Continued From Page One) Rev. J. Oeorge Wolz described the ancestry, the llfo, home and attributes of Washington, paying high tribute to the mother of the first president of the United Btates. and the man who has become to bo known as the father of his country. 'Mr. Walz de scribed Washington as the perfect husband, kind to the children of his wife by her first husband, genteel and gracious to guests in his home, ond kind to his subordinates, al though he was a member of the highest class of Virginia society. Miss Helen Williams played two In-, strumental numbers, opening the program, "A Fantasy Impromptu," by Chopin, and "Rocking Horse." Oeorge T. Cochran was master of ceremonies. Officers of the six Masonic bodies In La Grande wcro, Introduced. Mllo Smith Is eminent commander of the commandery, and Introduced L. H. Russell, recorder; Joel Richardson, captain general; R. F. Tyler, senior, warden, and Avery Harrison, Junior warden. A. J. Cook introduced Joel Richardson as high priest of Chap-, ter No. 9, Royal Arch Masons; Lyle Kiddle, king; E. D. Towler, scribe, and Walter Nowland, captain. Miss Stella Plorh wns Introduced A JANUARY SUPER VALUE! Only C. Penney DEPARTME 1307-1309 Adams Ave. by Past Matron Mrs. Isa M. Robin son, of the Eastern Star, as the, new matron; E. R. Rlngo, patron; Ella Moe, conductress; Mrs. R, J. Rlt ter, associate-conductress;1 Mrs. Ella Russell, secretary; Mrs. J. K. Wright, associate matron; and Mrs. O. May Noyes, treasurer. Coll Is Hutchens, worshipful master of the Blue Lodge, No. 43, Introduced Renwlck Clark, senior deacon; Oscar War nock, Junior warden; Walter Nowlano, senior warden; Walter Hale, secretary. Officers of the De Molay, Masonic organization for boys, and the Ordor of Rainbow for Girls, were also Introduced. A reception was held following the program, with members of the D. A. R. presiding at the coffee urns and at the serving table. All were dressed In colonial costume. Coffee and cookies. In the form of miniature red hatchets, were served. Tho observance of Washington's 1 n9K3!3fRCf5niKMiriorn LAST fflflnHflTTfln Parade II1 W Girls, burs, sights, color, lights, legs, Laughs, Laffs! B'way never before saw such a sight! ALL IN NATURAL COLOR! rrrtinivitrffwrrHh STARTING FRIDAY .... You Laugh at Them He Loves Them with JAMES CAGNE Y JOAN BLON.DELL Are They Funny? Wow! 1 . i urn Imagine Spring Styles! f ; Printed DRESSES Broadcloths Pongees! Vat Dyed Colorsi ; The smartest Spring styles we'vo copied ..rem 111 touoni oay or conservative de signs ... sleeveless or with sleeves . . . and they wash' beautlfuttf! bins for' misses and Women. ;; NT 8 TO RE La Grande, Ore. marriage day was held In accordance, with tho decree of the commission", appointed by congress to plan ap-; propria to ceremonies to celebrate thai 200th anniversary of the birth ofj the first president. Several more events are being planned for thej coming year. i OLD TIME DANCE AT PERRY Music by HARMONIOUS - HAYSEEDS Every Saturday .; ' Night I , ' ' '. DAY! WINNIE LIGHTNER f SMITH and DALE Chas. Butterworth Dickey Moore Ilobuy Wntson. IIE'H THE BOY WITH A WINK THAT PANIC'S THEM ALL! DON'T NEGLECT YOUR LAUGHTER! Two Chuckle - Full Hours of Comfortable Relaxation Will Work Wonders. TRY IT! f
