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Page Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GIIANDE. ORE. 7 Thursday, 'January 21, 1932 " r WOMAN MANAGING KING LEVINSKY "Leaping Lena," Only . VVpnian rrae inght Manager in U. S., Busy iiy hiiiii cuuii CHIOAQO, Jon, 21 UP) "Leaping Lena" Is swlmd"!? Into action. In a nmnll office, noaiy with Bmoko, tho only woman prlM light manager In tho. . country olcctrlf led tho at- mosphore with- orders us nor camp made reiuly today to leave for New York whero Her brother, King Levin' sky, will, fight Max Boor Jan. 20. Mr?.' Lena Levy, christened "Leap ing Lena" by her ling aflsoclates, grabbodi tho tolophona, )thoo!ng I promoter, a. trainer, several Inter- cstedi hangers-on out of her Inner ? offlca "I'm expeotlng a long distance call , from New York," she oxplaincu, "Hello, hello. What's that? Plf- teen round bout you say? Nol No! , she exploded. "Tho King hasn't trained lot It) rounds. Walt a min ute . " : - Sho paused as tho King, 21-year-old happy hoartcd pugilist who has mot Camera and other sport pago uig namos end Inst week defeated Paulino Uzcudun. cased into tho room. "No, ho Just can't fight 16 rounds" thon n an aside: "Soo, that's part of my job, kecuinir things from get ting too tough" "compromise on 12? Don't ceo why. You'll cull mo back lator? All right." Asfdo went tho telephone. Mrs. Levy -flmnll, feminine, fighting her wny, and reputedly vory successful, In a typically man's game lit a clg- arot with quick characteristic moves that recall to mind her -ringside ap pluuso when her brother Is battling away, "This Job?" said sho, who gavo up tho proprietorship or a fish mar ket to mnnago her brother a year ago as an outcomo of dlsHatlsfaotlou with his previous men managers, "Is t 12-hour one now and getting big ger." - And well sho might charautori7.o It as tho King continues to get Into bigger money. Bho personally noes to his food and training In addition to tending to tho flnancos nnd booking tho bouts. . And thon thero are her two own boys, Edward 10, and Adolph, 17. GEORGE BELL, OF BELL1NGHA M, DIES OF BLOW BELLI NO HAM, Jon. 21 WV- George ! BelU 9Q-ycfirolct Bclllnghiun boxer. j: died. Just; night leas than eovou inln jr UUa tyfler he had climbed, through 1 tho ropes for Quo of his few profen- Blowu nppenrnncos, , An, autopsy performed, shortly of- tet? disclosed, physlalans aiUd, that Vdouth was clue to pnmlysla of tho hour ciiUBod by a direct blow." :: - BoU'a opponent, Rip hard Howard. m 10, wab placed under technical ar i rest,, after flromon with a lungmo- tor wnrkoil over Doll for mora than '. on hour tiVtlto ri renal ng room, In on i effort to rovivq jiim., s i Hundreds of speetntors - who at inndod -tho American Legion card, phecred other fighters, unaware that Dell had died. . The fighters had entered tho scc l and roiuul of tho curtain raiser nnd : had been mixing it up only a short tlmo when they clinched and Howard !,hl Bell twice, Bell backed away and wan propured to go on with the , flghVwhcn ho fell to tho floor and was carried Xromi tho ring. Plenty of Action In Seattle Scrap ' ,. SEATTLE, Jan. 21 W) "Doc" f Hue) I, wild swinging veteran from j Scuttle, Tacoma, Weimtchee and wny- pointa, evened tho acoro with Eddlo j .Volk, hard, hitting Portland llght 1 weight. In n scheduled eight-round boxing bout hero last night, scoring a "knockout." Itvo knock-downs and I a technical knockout. Blx weeka ngo Volk knocked down ; Snell four times In a Portland fight ' to win the decision, j In tho third round last night Snell Binacketl Volk with a vicious loH to , tho Jaw and then sent him to tho j canvas with a following right. Tho rererca and timer got mixed up In ; their counting and Snell waa awarded i n "knockout" and dashed from tho ; ring. Tho boxing commission de- elded that the timer had counted too fast and Snell was called back. Tho fourth wont by with little ' damage but "Doc" found his mark in I th firth and dropped Volk four moro Umea before the referee stopped ; tho fracas ami, awarded Bnell a tech- ideal knockout, ' y - Unfortunate, A cadi ant Aeadlans settled In Grand Pro In Ktf'2. KvunjieUne, together with 1,02?, pooplo of Grand Pro and places Jic-arhy. wero expelled In IT.Vi. Household Equipment Soe Our Window 1ozi:ns of .xhtk'i.ks TO llllllli: TUK iior.sinvii'KS iu mt: Bohnenkamp's Imbler M. I. A. Team Wins From La Grande Ward By Mrs. Hay Wilson (Obuervcr Correspondent) 1 ' 1MB LEU (Special) The Imblor M. I. A. bofikotbull team defcutcd the M. I. A. Second Word team from La O i n lido hero Monday night 61-23. The Imbler boys woro parsing cleverly, guarding closely and using fast and deceptive foot work. Twenty-seven of Imbler's counters were made by Cllf ford Westeiwkow who ran . wild through tho game looping them In from local and Ipng distance points With equal case. The lineup; Imbler La Grande O. WesteiiBkoW27.,.P 4 Pulmcr Oeno perry 6 F 3 Hall W. Weatenflkow8....0 0 Taber O. Conrad 4 O 1 Zlgler M. Westenswok 2 0 Amos L. Westenskow 4. 8 ...... 6 Nolaon Tho ImbR-r team will Journey to Baker Thursday evening to play tho M. I. A. tcom of that city. Tho Women's club held Its bi monthly meeting at tho home of Mrs. C. C. Welch last Wednesday. Tho subject discussed was the Phil ippine islands. Those present were Mcsdamcs J. Berry, Lavlna Haaen, Huth WestcnHkow, O. Cleaver and Etta Welch, Mrs. Berry was tho lead er. Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin of En terprise spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Martin's father, P. M. Martin. Vergella Bond, teacher of the third, fourth and fifth grados was delightfully surprised last Friday by her students with a party, aames were played and refreshments aorved ! and, all roported a most enjoyable timo. Tho motometer and lighted air-1 piano vcro stolen; from Miss Bond's roadster Sunday night In, La Grande whllo It was parked on Greenwood street. Irwin and Alfred Wcstonskow went to La Grande Tuesday evening to at tend the banquet given by tho Red and White 'Stores. Ronald Westenskow, Alton Wels and Vornell Westenskow oro among tho latest victims of measles In this community. Karl Stack land, of Covo, was at Imblor on business Tuesday, He Is busy at present gottlng several car loads of apples roady for tho export market. Another deer was scon hero Sunday morning almost at tho edgo of town on the road leading to Charlos Keen an's place. Lester Long, of Elgin, was at Imb lor Wednesday purchasing wrapping paper to complete tho packing of his applo orop. Ho operate a paoklng house In Elgin in partnership with Scott Harris and Fred Terpany. They had largo crops of apples this year. Mr. Long stated thoy oxpected to com- pie to tho packing by Wednesday night and that Mr. Weatherspoon had I also Just completed his long run of , applo packing. All of tho 138 siste and sinn 1 lor oro being shipped to I foreign markots. Recently tho i freight on export and ocoan rates! wero reduced former rato i on apple shipments. Tho j to NOW York WIW $1.50 i por hundred pounds which has been reduced to $1.15 for export, shipments and thore ton nUto been a nuiterlal roduotlon on steamship rates both from Atlantic and Pacific ports. It Is said theso rates will apply until next December. Thero have beep, no reduction in domestic applo tariffs. Robin Reed Beats Seattle Grappler PORTLAND. Oro.. Jan. 31 (IV-Robin Reed, claimant of tho world's wel terweight wrestling' championship, mado short work of Curley Woods, Soattlo, hero last night. Rood, in superb condition, used a wrlstlock to flop Woods for tho 1 1 ret fall In 17 minutes, 35 seconds. Less than three minutes after the Intermission. Reed grabbed Wooda by tho hand and began hurling him about the ring. Alter a fow trips through the other, Wooda folded up. In tho semwtnal Georgo (Wild cat) Wilson, famous University of Washington football star, came from behind to beat Casey O'Dalc. Sport Slants $$$$$$'$$$$. Iv A l,m 1, (loiilil AMoolntecl l'r?sa Sport Editor) rvr variety, L'Auto. the Parisian sporta paper, ranks the "first ten" In truck anil field athletics as follows: 1. Jnlos Lanmiineiiue. France. 3. A. Jilrvluon. Finland. 3. Knuik Wynotf. U. 8. A. 4. Hen Eastman, u. s. A. 5. Percy Williams, Canada. . ' 8. Lnnrl Lehtlnen. Finland. 7. Chnhel Nunibu. Japan. v 8. Percy Heard. U. 8. A. 9. Oeorse Splta, U. 8. A. 10. BUI Oraber, U. a. A. Tho list Is, to say tho least, com plimentary to Uncle. Samuel ailo youiiR men. altlioiiRh all fivo of tltose mentioned haw been turning In a number of remarkable accom plishments o-er tho past. year. Where, however. Is tlni necrlcss ii-navo Nurmi? or Is ho barred i from this lisv by atre, oven though ho bivlto tho wwrkl's outdovv vto I mile record (beatlns Lelttlnen, amonR 'others) only last summer? Any first ten" In track without ' Nurinl Is liko a tennis nuiktnit list I without Moody tlie Clrvat or Hamlet j without the celebrated Dane, i Where, too, is our own Birney Berllnser. tho jmisi year's "out jstjindlni! amateur" and winner of j tho James E. Sullivan Memorial i awnrd? Or Hampllns of Britain and ; Vic Williams of California, (he great jquarter-mllers? ! French Chivalry j Helen Wills Moody twelves star itlinc rocosnltlon as wr. turn to the i "first ten" of tennis, thrown open to ntalo and female amateur and pro alike by L'Auto. j The California)! ranks No. 3 In i this list, below only Henri Cochet; above Big Bill Tilden and Ells, worth Vines, top men ol the Aiuer lean plialanx. The rest of the tennis rutins. In orvler. Includes Frcii Perry of Kiik- land. Jean BoaHra of France. Bun-1 ney Austin of England, Sidney Wood .Where Two Flyers Died on Desolate Hero Is tho grim solution to the mysterious dlsappu nmin-o of two women aviators, Mrs. Ituth Stewart, of Ht. Louis, and Mrs. Debbie Stanford, of Indianapolis. Kn route from St. Louis to New, York, their white monoplane encountered fojr west, pf Hurrlsburg, Va and crushed on a rtcsoliUo mountain top with the result shown here. Wreckage covered the bodies when the fuselage whs broken In two. The plane's tall Is visible at right. A ground party of searchers is shown on the scene urter they had been directed to the mountain by airplane reports. of America, Frank Shields of Amer ica and Karcl Kozeluh, tho Czecho- Slovaklan professional. Who says chivalry is dead? Afore of tho fiiune If you don't like these', try this boxing "first ten": 1. Max Schmellng, Germany. 3. Jack Sharkey, U. 8. A. 3. Mickey Walker, U. S. A. 4. Lou Broulllard, U. S. A. fi. Tony Canzoncrl, U. 8. A. 0. Kid Chocolate, Cuba. 7. Oeno Huat, Franco. 8. Al Perez, Franco. 0. Newsboy Brown, U. 8. A. 10. Locatclll, Italy. Tho rowing list Is headed by Bob by Pcarco of Australia, world scul ling champion. Tho No. 1 post In motor-racing goes to Bl,r Malcolm Campbell and Bert Kinkier, long-dis tance British flier, la at the top of tho aviation list, with Flight Lieut. Stalnforth of England second, Post and Qatty, tho American world fliers, third. Babe Didrlkson, tho Texas girl, rates third among tho women nth lotos, below Mmo. Heubleln of Ger many and Fnuilelu Schumann of Holland, lleleno Madison, world's record woman swimmer, places no . better than No. 6 In tho aquatic ranking. U.. S. VESSELS SELL LIQUOR 12 MILES OUT (Continued From Pago One) "Did you glvo them that liquor?' asked Slrovlch. wen, wu conincrea a long nine, 8am O'Connor. "Tho government couldn't sell thenv thn honor nr it would bo put In a position of a boot legger. "Wo Just figured we'd havo to turn It over as hospital supplies with out cost." Merely "Medical Supplies" O'Connor refused to say tho liquor could be callod anything but strict ly "medical supplies." "Eight thousand dollars worth of liquor Isn't much for medtcal sup plies," said O'Connor. "Any ordi nary bar would havo that much liquor." "They did sell that liquor after they left tho 12-mllo limit, didn't they?" persisted Davis. O'Connor Insisted, however, that he felt suvo )tho liquet- wna medical supplies. Immortal Work of Art "TliO Dcmh of Socrntos," pnlnt cd In 17!Jo nnd exhlbltei) in Die Turls salon In 17S7, is the work of Jiionnos tiotils Dnvld. It Is one of the four palnlliiKS clnssetl as the nrllst's tnnsUM'ploces mill shows llic Oreek plillosoplier nliout to ilrlnk poison In a well surrounded by tils disciples. Sir Joshua neynolits, who saw the palming nt 1'nrts, de scribed It ns tho greatest effort of art since the Slstlno chnpcl and tlio Slanzo of Kophacl. In 1S12 Na poleon tried to puroliase It, but was not successful. - THIS CURIOUS . WORLD - ImKSStS flr W? A Ijw v r S i a i Trnil AT1ll f-eU fcWINMIIIVJ ccecTOic II P CURRENT Iff MOOS QAH5SGOtS AT t?W OiTA&SS TV4M AT HI-3H. Governor Unready To Make Decision SALEM. Jan. 21 (fl1) Decision of Governor Julius L. Welor concern ing construction of tlio 925,000 vault at the cnpltol wilt be withheld un til uftor his return from Washing ton, the executive nnnouncod to tho Salem delegation last nlftht. The delegation requested Immediate con struction of tho 1 vault to aid . unem ployment, The Rovernor previously Vetoed tho:expowllture of the money for this purpose. Tho 1931 legislature authorized construction nnd appro priated tho money for the fire-proof vault. Tho governor announced he would confer with Senator Charles L. Mc Nary ot Washington relatlvo to land grant money available. A new copl tol building would bo constructed, ho said. If funds nro found available from land grants. Tlio governor fur ther said lie bollcvod the basement of the capltol could bo mado fire proof for less money than necessary for a vault. Origin of Doller The word dollar, ot'cortlliiK to on mlsm.'itlsls, comes frum "thaler," which Is nn ndaplnllon of. "thai," meaning valley. Dollars as coins were first Issued by the counts of Sclilltz, a (lolienilun principality. In tlie year 1517. It Is Interesting to nolo Hint coins wero not doled In Arabic numerals until the e'lflcentn century, und the custom did not be come general mull the middle of the Sixteenth century. Previous to Hint time coins usually -were stumped only with the bond of a sovereign, or the year of reign. - Champion Liar; issss Here Is Orln W. Butts, 72-year-old champion liar of the world." And If you doubt his title, he has a medal, won In the annual llnrs' contest at Burlington. Wis., to prove It. He lives in Bay City, Mich., and says constant practice was responsible for the victory. , GAUiyGU5!NSS IS NOW ONE op THE Ten l&aoihg iNcvysiRies op We ANNUAL ooTdSTop z,ooo Tons ' 4,000 Tons Of 54C5 ftVICB, O.CKJO lOHb OF &ATH SAITS, ANO 100,000 IbNSoFGteWS AND LoJiONS. Shrikes HAWK 5 "THfW AWU:C oTOfcHiNiS SSiZB WiTH THfjft "tUONS, WHILE SN; k-.l stem US JZL.'K. U :MB J ) Mountairi Top In Bank Probe. John H. Bain, above, son of the head of 12 closed Chicago banks, is tinder $15,000 bond after being served wltli a warrant sworn out by investigators to make certain that young Daln would be on hand when results of the probe are an nouncedi The charge against Bnln was conspiracy to defraud de . . .. positors. Urges Immediate Work on Highway WOODBURN, Jan. 21 w-Immedl- ate reconstruction of tho Oregon City- J Salem section of tho Pacific highway, and request that the highway com- ileas could bo entered, mission consider widening the botJ OHvcr Cosbow. former chief Jus , . , itlco of tlle Oregon supreme, court, tlo-neokviu .the Slsktyous from Ash-,JIly H. Stockman. I. H. Fett? Frank I land to tho California line were en- jdorsed by the executive committee of the Oregon Pacific highway as- jsoclntlon here last night. The com- milieu mei m a dinner session prior nouse. They wero Jointly charged to the mass meeting held ot the arm- j with committing an overt act In cor ory later. rylng out schemes to sell securities The commltteo also went on rec- f tlJe company, ord as favoring a five-year construe-1 rt was strongly Indicated at the tlon and modernization program In arraignment that If and when the tho state. It went on record to op- defendants come to trial they ' will pose any legislation which would tend ask for separate trials rather than for to reduce the present Income ot the ono tal under the Joint Indictment ' state highway department. It was olthough all were indicted together. Indicated a reduced license fee for . on the same charge. : automobiles would be favored only in proportion that the gasoline tax is Increased. Depew's Businois Life Chnuncey Depew was so well known as an orator and afler-dln-ner speaker that many people lose sight of tlie fact thai he was a prominent Inwyor, bank director and railway executive, lie served twi terms in the United States senott and attended every Republican na tional convention from 1SSS to 11)24. In 1024 he was a delegate, but Ill ness prevented his ntiendnnce. HOME TREATMENT FOR HEAD COLDS. CATARRH. BAD THROAT & COUGHS There's Just one wny to gain free dom from and keep free from head colds, catarrh, irritated throat and coughs all winter long. Tens of thousands of Intelligent people -arc spraying nostrils and throat night and morning with pleas ant, effective. Inexpensive Opex. Opex keeps nos trils and throat free from offensive mucus all the time It cleans out mucus - stuffed nostrils in 3 minutes. One bottle oi opex which lasts one person 7 weeks costs but 85 cents at Red Cross Drug Store or any leading druggist anywhere. Use Opex for 30 days then If you can truthfully say it isn't the finest remedy for notrils and throat you ever used get your money bac-s. With clean. fceaUny nostrils and j throat all winter long think of how .much money you will save by not having to dose your system. Look at the picture when you inhale as you spray the cleansing, soothing, steam like smoke covers the entire membrane right to the bot tom of the lungs you sec it coming thru the mouth. If you haven't an atomizer, get an Opex atomirer see illustration) strong, sturdy, nickle-platrd and as not a toy but a real atomizer that will last for years, Adv. ROBERTS, OF OREGON, LEADS POINT-MAKERS SEATTLE, Jan. 21 m Piling up 22 baskets and three free throws In iho first six games, Charles Roberts,, center of the University of Oregon basketball team, led the Individual scoring race after the second week of play In the northern division Pacific Coasf conference with a 47 -point total. Second, third and fourth positions wero closely bunched, with Wlnoor Calkins, Oregon guard, fou;' points ! behind the leaders with 43, Howard Orenler, Idaho center, with 42, ond Henry Levoff, Oregon forward, with tl. Fagans, Oregon State, was In fifth place with 38. Huntley Gordon, Washington State conter, who was high man last year with a total equalling tho confer - ence record, was In tenth position wnn 31 points. tlrculer "liad Hoy Orenler went to tho top of the list SL,Ur',"Ir0niSnS- '!aV;ilS, " IT sonal fouls called, against him. Rob- ertson, Oregon forward, was almost us bad with 15. - The fifteen highest scorers: ' Op Fg Ft Pf Tp Roberts, Oregon 6 22 7 47 Calkins, Oregon 6 10 23 0 43 Grenier, Idaho 6 17 8 17 42 JLovoff, Oregon .' 0 18 9 0 41 Fagans, O. S. 0 4 16 7 9 30 Holsten, W. 8. C 4 15 7 8 37 Borrett, Idaho 8 17 2 8 38 Herman, Idaho 6 15 4 13 34 Lewis. O. S. C 4 14 3 6 31 Robertson, Oregon 6 13 6 16 30 Lacey, Idaho 8 11 8 10 30 Wicks, Idaho ... s 9 8 14 28 Cross, W. S. C 4 11 4 2 28 Colmey, Wash. 4 if 3 5 25 English Court Procedure In the English courts a prisoner at assizes or quarter sessions may call upon any junior barrister pres ent In court nnd not appearing for the prosecution to defend him at a fee of So. Going Upl If you are finding the pnlh that you are traveling Is uphill, then you may know you are progressing. This Is the way a famous Industrial ist Is able to tell whether or not he Is advancing In his chosen Held. Former Officials Of Empire Company Submit Demurrers SALEM, Jan. 21 VP) The five former officials of tho Empire Hold ing corporation Interposed demurrers to Indictments of unlawfully devising a scheme for sale of securities before Circuit Judge L. M. McMahon here late Wednesday. By Interposition of JT8 n J"6"" wr nterd i following the arralngment, attorneys announcing that the demurrers must 'bo passed on by the court before Keller Jr., and Wilson R. Adams, the five former officials of tho Empire Holding company arraigned, were present in tho Marlon county court I The demurrers Interposed object to the Indictment by averring that It , does not substantially conform to tho code on several grounds; that It does' Only Three More Days Court Receiver's Sale Of Entire Stock and Fixtures of Conner's, Inc. For the Benefit of the Creditors HURRY! FRIDAY, WILL THE SALE To Give Everyone an Equal C. U. S C. vs. NOTRE DAME SUNDAY and MONDAY LIBERTY THEATRE See it from the kickoff to the last whistle! Boy, it's a Knockout! The first time AN ENTIRE FOOT BALL GAME has been shown in pictures ! : Regular Prices. . 1 I Co-Featured with . "Are These Our Children" not state aots .constituting an offense in ordlnarO ana concise lancuac: ,,,. ,t , a: ,, j .i.,(. . 1 1 cHme' charged; that It charges . . " j i i. 7 ! (DU D (B E THREE MORE DAYS Friday, Saturday, Monday AND OUT OF AH Remaining Dresses IN FOUR PRICE GROUPS: $3.87-- $4.87 - $6.87 - $9.87 ;. All Remaining Hats IN TWO PRICE GROUPS: 49c -98c ; ; ' : ; All Remaining Coats IN FOUR PRICE GROUPS : $3.87 - $8.87 - $19.87 - $24.87, ': All Remaining Gloves IN THREE PRICE GROUPS: ; 98c - $1.47 -$1.67 i pUJTMANS "AT CONNER'S RECEIVER'S SALE OF THIS SATURDAY, AND MONDAY January 22 - 23 - 25 BE THE LAST DAYS OF AND WILL END THIS STORE! Store Open Until 8:30 SATURDAY and MONDAY Opportunity to Share in This Sacrifice of Conner's, Inc. D. PUTMAN, Receiver - more than one "crime in one form only; that the defendants ore-charg-.' ed with more than one crime in the -Indictment. ARE BUSINESS! YOUR LAST AND ONLY CHANCE TO SAVE 1-3 TO 1-2 OF WHOLESALE PRICES. P. M. J
