Tuesday, February 2, 1932
Page Four
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
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tend the spring opening Miss Mul
len will remain with Mrs. Helms dur
ing the coming season to assist In
managing and buying for the department.
Ill
Dr. B. O. Klrby. who has been ill
at his hbtrw -Mr several months, fol
lowing rourfparalytlt strokes, auffeY
ed another stroke on Friday. He has
been very 111 But has' Improved slight
ly 'and has remained In the 'name
condition for the past two-days, bis
physician states.
Hatty
Mr. 'and 'Mrs. Jake Thomas, Of
Elgin, are the parents of a baby
born this morning at the 'Grande
HonCe 'hospital. '
Mother Dies
-Mrs. Mary -Ellen 'Yeager, 60, resi
dent of Walla Walla for the past 18
yeans, died at her home, Ml PIcbb
ant street, .yesterday morning. 8he
was born In Tennessee, May 23, 1871.
The following children survive, Er
nest A., of Freewater, Mrs. Edna Dent
of EnMrprlw, ' Mrs. tfellle Parker of
Hermiston, Walter M. ol Spirit Lake,
Ids.. -James of Walla Walla, Mrs.
Marie -Cole ot -U Grande, Frank of
Freewater 'and William "B. of Walla
Walla also survive. Walla 'Walla
Bulletin.
Attend Meet ' '"
Philip A. Parsons,
dean of the
!'War?'
A battle every day with DlRT.
we always win "Snow White
CldtHM," "bur 'motto, Everything
bactc but (he dirt.
Modern Laundry
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school of applied sociology at the
university of Oregon, orrivea in ija
Grande yesterday to attend the dis
trict meeting' 6f the state grange.
Ill
Ken Slegrlst Is confined by Illness
to the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs, Herman Slegrist.
In l.n Grande
H. M. Bay, of Enterprise, Is a guest
In La Granfe today. He expects to
return to Enterprise In the very near
lUtufe, and will be accompanied by
Mrs. Bay who will make her Home
their. Mr, Bay recently went Intp
business In the branch line town. '
From Cve ' a
John Dean, Cove fruitgrower, was
a visitor in La Grande yesterday,
transacting business. . .
IJeprcwMon Hal?
A "depression" bull, for the benefit
Of the nurses association belief lit
fund and charity, will be given Feb.
12 ttt the Sncajawca Inn by the
Graduate Nurses' association of the
city. It will be a typical "hard-'
time" party, with the guests dressed
in appropriate costumes. Dancing
will be enjoyed with music by the
Blue Mountain Wranglers. Miss
Helen Marv Clark will present, a
group of her pupils In specialty dance
numbers.
A ir planes t Sough t
In Eastern Styles
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 UP) Fear
Ladles Aid lna tne disappearance yesterday of
The Ladles Aid of Imbler win meet, muuni-wj-mmini piane speiied dis
at tne home of Mrs. cnories vieaver
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Have Measles
Forest Dval Jr.. and his sister, Bar
bara, are quarantined at the home
Visits Sister
Miss Jean StelmJe, of Portland,
left for her home in Portland Sun
day, ofter spending the weekend, with
her sister, Miss Dorothy Steimle. in
La Grande. Miss Steimle is secretary
to President H. E. Inlaw of the E.-O.
N. Miss Jean Steimle, who is 10
years old. enjoyed Eastern Oregon
snow and several coasting parties
during her visit.
Meeting Tomorrow
The Missionary society of the
Christian church will meet with Mrs.
Harry Sandoz at 2:30 p. m. tomor
row. Mrs. Fred Roberts and Mrs.
Paul Do F. Mortlmore are assistant
hostesses.
I'lirnhnsfM Department
MrB. Echo Helms recently pur
chased the millinery department of
Fatk'H store from Miss Adelaide Mul
len and Mrs. A. B. Rauwolf. Mrs.
Helms and Miss Mullen left during
the past weekend for 10 days In Port
land and Seattle where they will at-
HPRT WllIt.H HINTINO
CORVALLIS, Feb. 2 w Lawrenie
Clark, IB, of Philomath, was In a
criticol cone'ltion In a hospital here
today, the result of a hunting acci
dent Monday.- The boy was shot
through the left lung when a shot
gun he was carrying slipped as 'he
was stepping Over a log. Physicians
believe he will recover.
Clark and an older brother wore
looking over traps -they had set
southwest of Philomath. When the
boy slipped the gun hammer struck
a limb on the log: "-1
aster for its five occupants was ex
pressed in aviation circles here to
dayl Doubt was expressed that the
ponicon-equipped crart could survive
long ir it were forced down at sea.
The plane left Miami at noon for
In the
Bahamas.
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forest! fllgnt 10 Blmmi
nyai, witn measies. rorest jr. nas
been very 111 during the past few
days.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 2 UP) Offl
fials of the trans-American Air Lines
here announced today that Pilot
Francis H. Rust, 34. on the Kalama
zoo-Chicago air mall run, has been
missing since last night. Officials
lea led he bad been lost In snow
equals or possibly -was down in Lake
Micnigan. . - ,
Decrease in Spud
Acreage Expected
CORVALLIS, Feb. 2 W) A prob
able decrease of 23 per tent in acre
age' of potatoes to be planted by
growers of southern early and of
intermediate crops, Is reported today
by ' the O. S. C. extension service
cooperating with the U. S. D. A.
bureau of agricultural economics.
Although there is much uncer
tainty in commercial areas on plans,
18 states report prospective plant
ing of 256,030 acres, which Is 23 per
cent below last year and slightly
below the low year of 1929.
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ou pay
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Rjcfcecl in a
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pouch of heavy
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anil makes the
price loicer.
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Unfield College
Defeats Pacific
FOREST OROVE, Ore., Feb. 2 m
Llnfleld college defeated the Pa
cific university varsity basketball
team 3B to 25 In a Northwest con
ference game here last night. The
McMlnnvllle team led 16 to 14 at the
half.
Gives Ruling On
Support of Insane
SALEM, Feb. 2 m Payment for
support of persons committed to a
state Institution for Insane or feeble
minded 'by estates or1 relatives If - fi
nancially able to do so. Is required
by law to be made beginning June
6, 1931, Attorney General I. H. Van
Winkle held In an opinion, today.
The opinion was -requested by the
stato 'board of control. -
The legislature passed the lav In
1931; and It becomes effective 90
days after adjournment of the legis
lature. -In cases where estates or
relatives were -unable to pay,- the
i counties must make the payment of
j 920 a month. ' t
It has been held by some, William
I Elnzlg. secretary of the board said,
f that since the counties were relieved
i of paying this requirement during
) 1031, estates arvl relatives should
I likewise be relieved. In reply to this
I Van Winkle holds that the counties
had already paid to the state, the
amounts apportioned to such cbun
; ties for state purposes which Included
j support for persons at these lnstl
j tut Ions, while the Individuals made
i no payment to the state for core for
any part of 1031.
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! Sergeant Yancey
Becomes Lieutenant
Operetta Will
Be Given Soon
ByLH.S.Cast
Gay "Russian songs set to sprightly
music are being practiced daily by
vne casb oi me la uranae Hign
school operetta, under the direction
of w. w. Nusbaum, and later this
weex, miss Catherine Sartaln, dram
atlcs director plans to start the play
ere on rehearsal of the lines and the
Russian dances which she has worked
out for the choruses. Miss Sartain's
ability as a director of the dance was
demonstrated In "Oh Doctor I" the
annual operetta presented last year,
In which the leading i features were
tne ciever dances set to Spanish
music, appropriate xo - tne setting,
Mexico.- :..
"Sonlar the Girl From Russia," a
musical comedy in three acts, has
been selected for the 1932 production.
and Mr. Nusbaum. musical director.
has selected veteran members of the
glee club for the roleo, who also have
histrionic ability. Miss Virginia Bram
well has been chosen to portray the
role of Sonla Markova, a Russian girl,
who has come to America, and the
brunette vividness of Miss Bramwell
corresponds to the American Idea ' of
the typioal Russian. Sonla's school
chums, including the hero, Pat Dunn,
the popular football player, played
by Cecil Black, accompany her to
Russia to find her father who Is Im
prisoned In Siberia, - and the fun
breaks out when a revolution starts.
The date of the presentation has
not been set definitely although Prin
cipal E. D. Towler has named the
middle of March as the tentative time
of production. .- '
'The other members of the cast are
Nick Hughes, Sally Slegrist, Jean Mc
Kennon. Doris Williams. Robert Swan.
Wythel Hoke, Bob Ward, Rollin Heas-
sler ana wiuiam cooper, tx.cn. is cast
In the -role of college students or
Russian.
In the operetta the choruses will be
one of ' the main features, adding
color to the setting both by their
dances and their songs. They will
represent students, Bolsheviks, sailors.
flower gins, marines, ana tnose tax
ing part will be Madeline Gallagher,
Vivian Gallagher, Ruth Murchison, j
Dorothy Walker, Catherine Spaeth,'!
Cecelia Reynaud, Mae Waldroff, Or- j
veiine Mcwuiiams, sopranos. Marie
Floberg, El da Berry, Ruth Magulre,
Elizabeth Mime, Barbara Coolldge,
Helen Melville, Maravene Kiddle, al
tos. Frank Tyler, Wllfbrd Zaugg, Mel
vln Kavanaugh, Paul Walker, Donald
Culp, Dale Standley, 'Roscoe Hurley,
tenors. Robert Cunllffe, Ralph Gel
bel, David Hlatt, Lenn Plerson, Nor
man Hogensen, Myron Wheeler, Carl
Helm, fFred rlertzog, basses. 1
FOUR POWERS
MAKE MOVES
TO END WAR
(Continued From Page One)
and France conferred Jointly tonight
with Kenkichl Yoshizawa, the Jap
anese foreign minister, submitting in
written -form what was described as
"concrete proposals" to end the hos
tilities at Shanghai.
After they had left, the foreign
minister went into conference with
Admiral Osuml, minister of the navy.
The nature of the ambassadorial
proposals was not cMsclosed. , But it
was authoritatively denied they con
stituted an offer of mediation.
It was understood that Yoshizawa
replied readily to certain of the pro
posals and took the others under
advisement, promising to reply to
morrow. Observers deduced from this
that he already had accepted some of
the proposals.
Although Itqly previously had been
expected to Join in the action, the
Italian ambassador cUd not attend to
night's conference.
Admiral Osuml said the three
power -document was not a protest
against the 'Japanese course. He
hinted the prospects of a compro
mise terminating the hostilities at
Shanghai were brighter.
If the Chinese will stop fighting,
he said, the Japanese have no deBlre
to push the attack.
TO CENSOR MESSAGES
LONDON, Feb. 2 m The Great
Northern Cable company announced
today a censorship had been Imposed
on cablegrams from China.'
Scout Board Of
Review Will Be
Held Wednesday
The Boy Scout board of review will
be held tomorrow evening at 7:30
at the office of the Reynolds Insur
ance company, Charles Blngner,
chairman, announced this morning.
The review was set for tonight, but
was postponed. The scout masters
of the city met yesterday and set the
date for the February rally as Wed
nesday, Feb. 10 from 7 until 9 o'clock.
In observance of the anniversary
week which starts Sunday morning.
Individual troops are planning
window displays and troop functions
to celebrate anniversary week. In
fera and' three promotions in the : describing the Boy Scouts of Amerl-
stuto police organization were an
nounced here yesterday by Charles
P. Pray, superintendent. The changes
inciuuea:
W. W. Yancey, formerly sergeant,
was promoted to lieutenant, district
No. 3, with headquarters at Baker.
Lieutenant O. O. Nichols, formerly
stationed at Klamath Falls, trans
ferred to Medford.
Corporal R. C. Davis, formerly sta
tioned at Bend, promoted to sergeant
and transferred to Klamath Falls.
Sergeant E. B. Houston, formerly
stationed at Pendleton, transferred
to Bend.
Sergeant C. L. Lleuallen, formerly
stationed at Arlington, transferred
to Pendleton. . . ... s
APPOINT ASHLAND MAN
SALEM, Feb. 2 (P) The appoint
ment of C. B. Lambkin, of Ashland,
as county judge of Jackson county to
succeed the late Judge Alex Sparrow,
was announced by the executive de
partment today. The appointment
was made by Acting Governor- WH
lard L. Marks, on the recommenda-'
tlon of Governor Julius L. Meier.
ILL MAN TAKEN TO PORTLAND
PORTLAND. Feb. 2 lP) Dr. E. L.
Zimmerman of Eugene, brought here
by airplane Monday for on emer
gency operation, had a satisfactory
night and was making good progress
toward recovery today. It was said at
the Portland sanitarium) where the
operation was performed.
Dr. Zimmerman, president of the
Oregon state medical society. was
brought In a chartered plane In' one
hour. An ambulance met the plane
at Swan Island airport. Dr. W. B.
Holden performed the operation. Dr.
Orvllle Waller of Eugene accompanied
Dr. Zimmerman to Portland.
CAN'T ALT Kit WAGE SCALE
SALEM. Feb. 2 P The state In
dustrial welfare commission has no
power to Increase or decrease mini
mum wages of women workers in the
state without holding a public hearing.-
Attorney-General I. H. Van
Winkle held In an opinion today.
C. H. Gram, state labor commis
sloner. requested the opinion.
YOU CAN DEPEND ON A LIGGETT & MYERS PRODUCT
Holeproof
Hosiery
Both .
Ladies'
and Men's
ca, which celebrates Its 22nd anniver
sary in Boy Scout week, Feb. 7-13,
It has been said by scout officials
that It Is a movement rather than an
organization. Especially in that It
alms to supplement existing organ
izations such as the home, church
and school by engaging the leisure
energies of boys In outdoor games
and activities of cultural and prac
tical values.
The aim of the scout movement
Is to Inculcate character, which is
osscutlal to success in life, but being
largely a matter of environment, is
FOUR POWERS JOIN HANDS
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 2 UP)
America, Great Britain, France and
Italy -announced In brisk military
style at an extraordinary meeting -of
tne league or nations council today
that the Slno-Japanese fighting must
ccme to an end and they had decided
to maKe further diplomatic efforts..
-me council was convened hastllv
on tne initiative or tne British gov
ernment In the face of the Japanese
bombardment of Nanking last night.
The opening of the world disarma
ment conierence was delayed an hour
so (nat tne council could go to work.
j. h. -jnomas, a British -cabinet
member, spoke for his country and
the united states, and the American
delegates to the disarmament confer
ence sat near the council table.
That conference was delayed for
an hour while the council met.
When he had finished his brief
but- emphatic declaration of policy
Dlno Grahd 1 for Italy, and the
French representative announced
that their governments approved the
stand of Washington and London.
The German delegate made a similar
cordial statement.
The American and British govern-,
ments, said Mr. .Thomas, - would be
glad if the other powers would fol
low their lead, but In any event the
two English-speaking nations are
determined to stop the fighting and
to bring about a settlement under
the terms andr In the spirit of the
Kellogg Pact.
"War In everything but name
Is in progress," said Mr. Thomas.
"Shanghai has been the scene - of
conflict In whleh artillery and air
planes have taken part to such a
state of affairs the members of this
league cannot1 be Indifferent. If we
allow -It to go on, the league coven
ant ; and kindred International
treaties must inevitably lose the con
fidence of -the world.
"It'is'not without significance to
the league members that the gov
ernment of the -United States holds
an identical view of the situation in
all the efforts of peace which the
council has made in the past four
months."
The armies of both belligerents
must rotlre, he asserted, and a neu
tral zone must -be organized under
British -and American supervision.
The British representative spoke
with tremendous emphasis, and by
his side, listening quietly, sat Nao
take Sato, the Japanese representa
tive, .pouring over a booklet of the
league covenant.'
Near the council table sat Dr. Mary
Emma Woolley and the other Ameri-
too generally left to chance, often i can delegates to the disarmament
with deplorable results. The scout
movement endeavors to supply the
requld environment or amoition
through games and outdoor activities,
which lead a boy to become a bet
ter man, a good citizen. From the
first and without walvering In its
purpose the Boy Scouts of America
has emphasized at every point those
fAva - objedilrf.-e. character building
and citizenship training. A parents'
and sons' banquet Is being planned
for next month, the definite date to
be set later, and Harvey Carter was
placed In charge of arrangements.
The entire organization of scout
masters -will form the food commit
tee. .
An outdoor rally was also planned
for May.
Jones to Withdraw
Objection to Plan
PORTLAND, Feb. 2 UP) A Wash
ington, D. C, dispatch to the Jour
nal today said Senator Stelwer has
been informed by Senator Jones of
Washington that he will withdraw ob
jection to the Stelwer resolution ask
ing the army engineers to make the
engineer survey of the Columbia
river available to press and public.
JoneB hitherto has blocked the at
tempt to make the report public
Win Cage Game by 103 Points
FORT WORTH. Tex. VP) Blrdvllle
defeated Kennedale in a County
School league basketball gome re
cently by a score of 106 to 3. One
Blrdvllle player tallied 42 points.
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conference. There was a crowd of
tense spectators.
Mr. Thomas finished, the German
delegate said he -was informing his
government of developments. Dr. W.
W. Yen thanked the council for
China, and then Sato rose to reply.
Mr. Thomas lit his pipe and turned
sideways in . his chair to regard his
brown, neighbor.
. The Japanese suavely expressed
satisfaction at the .'important declar
ations" of the great powers and read
a long statement explaining that the
bombardment of Nanking was pro
voked by a Chinese attack on Jap
anese bluejackets.
MINE SWEEPERS LEAVE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 (flV-Admlral
Taylor, commanter of the Asiatic
fleet, now en route to Shanghai in
formed the navy today: that two
mine sweepers have left "Manila for
that Chinese seaport.
To CEASE PATROL
WASHINGTON, Teb. 2 (JP) The
navy was advised today that Japanese
patrollng of British and American
sectors of the Shanghai International
settlement would be discontinued.
AMERICAN'S REPORTED AS SAFE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 W) The
U. S. 'S. Simpson reported to the
Wavy today that Americans and other
foreigners at Nanking are safe for
the present and no plans for imme
diate evacuation nave Deen maae.
IIOl'STOV NEAR! NO SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, Feb. 2 (fP) A report
to naval officials here today said the
United States flagship Houston, with
Admiral Taylor aboard, was making
fast time on -her trip irom Manna
and would reach Shanghai tomorrow
noon. -
Four destroyers were trailing the
flagship, the report said.
The United States destroyer Edsel,
which arrived from Manila yester
day, refuelled and left for Hankow
today. IH'CH WILSON APPOINTED
GENEVA. Feb. 2 fJPi Hugh Wil
son, United States minister to Swit
zerland, and a delegate to the arms
conference, has been assigned by the
United States government to act for
it in collaboration with the council
of the League of Nations in its ef
forts to settle the difficulties between
China and Japan.
LA GRANDE HIGH
STUDENTS MAKE
BETTER RECORDS
(Continued From Page One)
freshman failures are as follows: Eng
llsh 1 per cent, algebra 2.S per cent.
Latin, none. Spanish and French 3
ner cent, world history .8 per cent.
; general science none. .8 per cent and
2.5 per cent ttnree teachers report-:tiu?.
i In giving reasons for the fact that
; local students are not so Tirone to fall.
the local authorities upheld the prin-
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"irS ECONOMY TO BUY THE BEST"
clpals of (first) supervised study in
which the -teachers make every effort
to see that the students know how
to study, and the above reason im
plies, study helps, supervised study
periods, special help perlodB, study
plans and constant follow up by the
teachers: and (second) durlne the
past several years the general practice
01 aoing remedial worn in all bud
Jects has not only reduced failures to
the minimum but It has kept the
general standards high.
lae graae totals ror La Grande
High school for the first semester
this year, given 'in per cents, follow:
Grade A 8.5 per cent.
Grade B-28.3 per cent.
Grade C-38.2 per cent.
Grade D 22.2 per cent.
Grade F 1.2 per cent.
Iucomplete-.3 per cent.
SIX BELOW ZERO "
IN SPOKANE TODAY
(Continued Prom Page One)
weather In Eastern Oregon late to
night or Wednesday.
WINTKR TIGHTENS GRIP
PORTLAND. Feb. 2 W) Winter
tightened its cold grip on the Pacific
Northwest today, sending tempera
tures down to below zero In several
cities. The present cold spell, the
most severe of the season, was ex
pected by the weather bureau to con
tinue for a day or two longer.
Spoltane had a low of 6 degrees
below zero. At Umatilla it was 3
below, Pasco had a below, and at
Sprague, Wash., the minimum was 4
below.
Other minimum temperatures in
cluded Portland 23. Taooms 6, Med
ford 18, Roseburg 30, Hood River 6,
The Dalles 8. Baker 10, Meacham 0,
Marshfield 34, Seaside 22, Walla
Walla 12, Wolf Creek 16, Eugene 20,
Albany 25, Salem 19.
Rain and snow Was predicted for
the western part of the state late
tonight or Wednesday. The only
snow flurries reported to the weather
bureau at 8 a. m. today were be
tween Boise and Pasco.
Port Yukon. Alaska, and Prince Al
bert, Sask., were the coldest spots on
the entire weather map -last night
with minimum temperatures of 30
degrees below zero.
Magician To Be
At High School
Thursday NigM
The place of Importance held by
the magician In the early history of
the human race Is the hidin theme
of a lecture to be -given here Feb.
4 by Rupert Howard, British magi
cian and lecturer, under the auspices
of La Grande High School. Mr.
Howard calls his combination of lec
ture and magic show, "Maglo Through
The Ages," and It Is said that It Is
an exactly descriptive title at that.
There are demonstrations of great
feats of magic as performed- by-'the
great magicians of the world scat
tered through the lecture, as -Howard
unfolds hls'lnterestlng-theme.-:
Historical Knits of Magic
It Is said that 'magic has weilded
a great Influence In the history, of
the world for more. than 6,000 years.
In Illustrating his subject, Mr.
Howard presents some of the amaz-
Ing demonstrations of historical feats
of magic. :
He begins first with the magicians
of ancient Egypt, then goes into the
magic of Greece and Rome-, and out
lines the plRce of -maglo and -superstition
in some primitive religions,
A very interesting feature of his pre
sentation is "Magic In the Middle
Ages." when It weilded a great influ
ence at the mediaeval courts of Kings
throughout Europe. The story of
the Count de Cagliostro is presented
and some of his tricks are performed
to Illustrate this feature of the lec
ture. A number of the masters of
maglo are presented to the audience
through some of their most famous
tricks, beginning with Robert Houdln.
Mr. Howard also acquaints you with
Anderson, thp Wlntirri .nf rt..
Alexander Hermann, John Maskelyne'
ending with Houdlni, . the Miracle
Man of the 20th Century. -.
Mr. Howard Is said to be a fluent,
witty, and experienced speaker. - He
has lectured In all parts of the 'Bri
tish Isles, and on this tour of Ameri
ca, his first to this country, he Is
said to be an outstanding success.
Mr. Howard will appear at the
high school auditorium at 8 o'clock
the evening of Thursg-ay, Feb 4
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