Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1932)
. um 1AC., i v CaJX AIM li Uti&UK V hilt- l. A CittA Nnt! . T? V. LA GRANfifr EVENtyG'"OIjSERVER,''LA GRANDEOKE: ' Page Four Friday February 12' 1932 (Incorporated) An Independent Newspaper . . Pbone Mala 600 t. B. F1NLAY , dltor nod Publisher 8ABOUD U. P INLAY Business Manager Published evenings, except Sunday, at 1710 Biitb strut, La Orande, Oregon. entered at tbe PoMoKloe or La Grande. Oregon, a Second Olaas Hall Matter under aut or March a. 1879. V OFFICIAL PAPE8 OP UNION COUNTY AND IBM CITT OP LA OBANDB ..--i :-.', MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRE88 Tbe Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to use (or publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited U pub lished herein. All rights or republication ol special dispatches la tola paper and also tbe local news bereln also are reserved. National Advertising Representative . If. O, MOOEN8EN CO., Inc. Ban Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier Dally, one month In advance Pally, six months In advance .uany, augie copy . 7 So -4.B0 Dally, par month In advance . Dally, per six months In advance . Dally, per year In advance By Mall - too saeo a.oo ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column incb Display, local, per column men . Time contract prices on application If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shul! ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you John 15:7. . DOING OUR BIT Dozens of unemployed men will have work and their fanv ilies will be provided with food and fuel if La Grande home owners will co-operate with the county and city relief pro grams. The recent snow storm piled the sidewalks high with snow. A man who was eager to work in order to earn money for needed food and clothing for his family, started out early in the morning with a snow shovel, offering lb clean the walks for a nominal sum. He knocked at many doors in the residential sections of our city, but at almost every one received .practically the snme. answer: "We would like to let you have the work, but we can't afford it." , ,,; We admit that there are many who cannot afford to hire men to clean their sidewalks ; but most of thenv-cpuld better afford to invest a quarter in that way than could that jobless Wan afford to let his family go hungry. Although it) La Grande and Union county many men are being employed on stale, county, and city road work, such employment is nowhere near being adequate, and Judge Couch and Angus McAllister, city manager, strongly urge that all citizens generously co-operate to furnish,o3d jobs for those not otherwise cared for. 7 There is no better way to help right now than in hiring :hese men to shovel snow; and thus we receive direct benefit ! Iucm expression of opinion, in the Other Papers : Say: THE I'lEKCB FAMILV'tANUIIMCIEH Mrs. Walter M. Pierce Is still un- ' decided as to whether she will seek the Republican nomination lor con. gress, thus prospectively entering the lists against Walter himself, who Is out for the Democratic nomination. But when asked by The Orcgonlan correspondent whether she bad given any thought to a platform, she re plied so fast It would talco your breath away: "I can write two platforms as well as one." No doubt she "can. But this is not necessarily feminine superiority. Most people will remember that Mr. -Pierce himself wrote more than two plat forms before his marriage. They were Democratic platforms, to be sure, but platforms, nevertheless, and got some votes. But we hasten on to a careful an alyslj of. a possible situation lest It he hastily assumed by persons not given to such deep thought as are we, that there Is bereln forecast an Immediate political debato within a dlstlnRulsh ed family, beginning at the breakfast taoic to the detriment of the toast, and spreading out day by day over tuo largest congressional district in America, If Mrs.( Pierce aspires to congress, n win do, as already sold, In the Re publican primaries in the first olace Mr. Pierce will be a candidate In the Democratic primaries. They will not at that time be opposed. Mrs. Pierce will combat with Representative But ler and other candidates. If any, while Mr. Plorco will addross his political amenities In the personal sense to other Democratic aspirants, u any. ao much lor the primaries. No cause thero for alarming division within the family, not even reason for controversy over the sometimes not readily understood fundamental cimcrcnces between tho two parties. And arrangement no doubt will be made lor properly supervising the wolfaro of tho white-faced calves on the home ranch In the Orande Rondo valley whllo the two are absent on campaign duties. It Is In the general election, if Mr. Pierce shall be the Democratic nom inee and Mrs. Pierce the Republican nominee, that we shall leorn whether conjugal amity con go hand In hand with Interfamlly political rivalry. It Is then, because or tho unique qual ity of tho contest, that Oregon will obtain some more of that much de sired and rather sparsely accorded publicity which Is our due. But there Is one phase of the sit uation that this newspaper here and now emphasizes That Is that Mrs. Pierce Is a cultured, educated woman who, as state librarian lor many years, was enabled closely to observe mo arts or local statecraft. She Is Interested In and has an understand- I Ing of public affairs, and a gift lor Japan will attack us now Our- de fenslve position la just as good as Japan's so long as we have sense enough to keep clear or an offensive war In the Pacific, but we are NOT big enough, rich enough or suffi ciently, prepared to police the Orient. ."Our one and only chance" lor con structive action lnrtbis situation lies In keeping .the major powers lined up In protest against a 'Japanese policy Wblcb violates all peace pledges and menaces - the- world. -This may aot .be an easy task because statesmen ae.-Toklo are hinting or secret support rrom France and. Great Britain. Those nations seem to :be with us In senti ment, but don't be too surprised 11 secret treaties begin to reach the open. , For the United States it is a : time xor-clear thinking.. great, patience and MUCH. CAUTION. Eugene Reels-' ter-Guard. LEGION LOAN FUND HELPS FOURTEEN Continued from Page One) terest la paid. Mr. Richardson states that the students -who received teach. 'ing positions have been faithful in repaying their loans and co-operut- Ing with the student loan fund com.' mlttee In perpetuating the lund, and he-believes that- the students show their appreciation or the legion's ac tlvitles In . prompt repayment of the money. . - Members or tbe legion student loan fund committee are Mr. Richardson, chairman. 'Raymond O. Williams, sec retary. Merlin Bat ley, H. T. Smith, H. E. Brady, Roy B. Currey, Lynne Bohncnkamp, E. D. Towler, J. T. Longfellow. Dr. J.'L. Iwle, Dr. R. F. Murpny. w. c. Williams. ly GRACE PERKINS iBYNOl'SIB: A runaway mar rlaoe at seventeen is the crest of Hope lioaa" whirlwind aocial aeaaoua. She has been tlie eni'fed " youna leader of -the Weatoheeter boua and atria : now aha ta married to Dickey Dale, who ta atill in IJarmoulh. The auddenneaa ot the weddlnp la a result ot the hoattle altitude that Hope's 'father and mother have held toward Dlekev. Even her elater Ooodv haa diaap proved. Dope haa been - fold to forbid htm the house and a eertea ot elcetrlo attuattone have driven Dlekev to rebellion. He telle Hope that she muat - deotde whether she will etitk to him. She marrtee Aim in proof ot her love and toy ally. A out the problem ta, how to break the -newa to Hope's lam ilv. Uer lather teela that Dickey is BOclallp inferior, and' objecta to Dlckeu'a father, a theatrical man--.. after. All ot flope'a life Air. lioas haa spoiled her: now he expecta that aha will obey him and break with Dlekev. .. 1-,-nnV n ,.( o r t,iri o :.l 1, I. IT . f" "",;u "l" " h She wTii hvw ui iivii'iuiii:oa. tjiiuvvj Diuuwuma am nub i resides more nro fow persons, men or women, who arc her Intellectual, equals. Her candidacy, If she decides upon it. win not be treated lightly. Portland Orcgonlan. II.VHOAIX IN imtoI.SM? III.M! If anybody hankers to right In a war In an already starving country 6000 of supplies miles from the base only a nuisance but a real danger, and it should be a matter of personal and civic pride to keep our walks clear and save ourselves and our friends from falls which may very likely prove serious. In many cities property owners are required by law to .keep their side walks cleared or pay the city for sending a i man up to do it for them. If there is such an ordinance in Ingainst an enemy that would be . won LrfV Grande it is not nnfmrprl. luif. nnr 1'Psnnns.il.ilitu iu nn trained, woll armed, well rod and , . , ( j , ,VUU) utterly And if we do not give these unemployed men work, we will be forced to support them through increased taxes for county relief work which may bring us no direct benefit. So now is the time to come to the aid of the already over burdened resources of tho county and city, and help the jobless fathers of families to provide for their dependents without the necessity of calling upon their fellow citizens for donations and other forms of charity. Let's do our best to help, even though it may require a gen ;uino sacrifice to do so. JAPAN STARTS A WAR FLAME Ily its high handed practices in Manchuria and China, Japan is turning back the pages of history and is deliberately undoing the greater part of the recent advance in the direc tion of world pence. Developments of the"dny seem to indi cate that more than one nation is likely to be drawn into the bloody strife now going on in Chinese territory. Russia, .and perhaps the United States and England! Is the world .again to see a flow of blood on fields of battle? Open seizure by military forces of the territorial holdings of another nation and encroachment on the Shanghai inter national settlement provide an opportunity for drastic and immediate action by the Leaguo of Nations. Rut, as past .action may be expected to rule, the league will hold back and ; international interests will be relegated to tho lumeyard by an organization that was looked to as a preserver of peace through negotiation. One discouraging thing alniut the situation is the fact ( that the Sino-Japanese war makes the millonium seem so .much .farther off. In spite of all our societies to outlaw war; in spite of our conferences for the reduction of arma ; meats; in spite of all reason and common sense, it. seems that , nations ns well as individuals retain their disposition to want , things that other people regard ns belonging to them, and proceed to take them if they are strong oiuuigh ' It was believed that the lesson of the World war had sunk so deeply into the consciousness of all nations that aggression had been relegated to the past ages. That no such abandon ment has been recognized by at least one powerful nation is now known to be a fact, and one which civilization must reckon with. The resources of Japan, untouched by the World war, are now in way of being used to undo whatever of peace accrued from that awful strife. Keokuk, Iowa, Gate City. To nuintain her reputation for putting on n big show, Chicugo should have arranged a merger of the two political conventions. Only one pair of nominees can win anywav. extraordinary Ideas of glory. Wo make this observation because wo heard a man saying In- Willamette street: "What those Japs need Is a dose 'of doughboy like we gave tho Kaiser." It may come to Just that, but If the United SUtes ets Into this Asiatic mess It will be a whole lot dirtier and totlglior and, inoro profit able light than anything this coun try has tackled. Japan hns some 80 million people in hor own Islands and In Korea. Wo have 130 millions. We have much greater wealth, but Japan Is not povorty-stiickon. Japan has a crack standing army of 330,000. Wo have, only 137,000 regulars. With universal training, Japan could put two million In the field quickly. It would take a ycor to train and equip our three or lour million, and right now Bcr vlco, oltlior draft or volunteer, might not bo popular. To get the real measure of - the problem, however, it is necessary to look atr tho naval Bltuatlou. We out weigh Japan by 1.123.000 tons to 714.210, but our fleets aro and must bo divided between the Atlantlo and Pacific. The small Asiatic squadron, base on Manila, might be crushed before the rest of the Pacific fleet could accomplish tho 10-dny Journey to the sccno of action. It Is doubt ful If we could muster In tho Pacific a naval strength EQUAL to Japan's concentrated strength. Until we could achieve naval dom ination, tho position of any fleet In tile Orient, big or small, would be perilous. , Until we had sinashod the Jupaucso navy, we could, not protect the supply lines of any land force In Asia, even If wc could got It there, especially If we hud no Allied Fleet. No use talklnu; through the hut about this shindig in China. Unless tho United States had absolute as surance that Great Britain, France and' Italy would help light tho war and that they would NOT Join Japan, "muscllng-ln" on the Jolly Uttlo row might be the first step In national suicide. Look at the map or Japan and observo how completely she controls the Sea of Japan and tho short supply lines from Korea and Manchuria. Japan could NOT bo blockaded by any single remote power, and maybe not by any group of powers. , If we went In single-banded, Japan could block us out of China, prey on our Ashitio commerce and compel us to take the desperate risk of righting a decisive naval battle (as Russia did) 1 m Japan's own home waters. Americans must look at this thing sensibly. We have a right to protest tho rai of China and we are pro testing it. We have a right to pro tect our nationals and wc are trying to do so. There is no danger that Chapter 12 CRACKERS AND A KITTEN DICKEY'S face went blank. Then hn rnqn mnnfltllv tn Mm nrnpH. calitloa ot life. "All right," he agreed slowly. "If you think you ought. If you really must. Only promise me, Hope he can't talk yo. Into coming home. We're married now!" Her blue eyes studied him and weighed his words. . .. ' "It says to leave your mother and father and all kin," he explained magnificently. "Leave- all, and fol low, your husband." "You mean," said Hope carefully, "that you're not going to take me homo?" "Whv, Hagel" She shivered slightly at his ex ploded reproof, and drew her velvet wrap, with Its white fur collar, tight er about hor. 'Who over heard ot going home right after being married?" Insisted DIckoy .in an Injured tone. "You leave home right after you're mar ried. Everyone knows that." 'Well, where are we going?" In quired Hope in a tlmfd yolce. "To a hotel, ot course. Wo'U call your fathor from there. I don't mind tolling him we'rj married. -That's all right by me. I want to do the right thing though I don't intend to call old Hlckey until the morning. Morning's time enough. But your father and mother don't approve of mo. And I don't ivijnt any interfer ence. Understand? You've chosen me now, baby, and you're going to stick by me, aren't you?" Sho gazed at him, her heart swell ing with tenderness. ''Forever and ever," she said sim ply. . And who would ever havi imagined Hope so tractable? Was it possiblo that Hope had met tbe man who could manage her? Dickey, after a rewarding kiss for this last statement, was busy fishing In his pockets. From one after an other ho hauled out cash. Dollars and conts. "Fourteen dollars and sixty-nine conts," ho announced after poking over tho silver with a probing an ger. "Woll, 1 guess we can get by tor tonight. After tonight things will be okay, baby. Hlckey will do the right thing. First off, tomorrow morning I'm going to get you tbe swollest ring you ever saw. That old signet ring of mine is Just a make shift, you. know." Hope toll the bulging old signet ring with her small cold Angers. "I lllto it," she decided with a queer little smllo. "1 love that old signet ring. It's my wedding ring." "Shucks." grinned Dickey. "Sup pose I'm going to let you - wear something your crowd will laugh nt? Say I didn't have enough to buy you a decent ring? 1 haven't got onough. But I'll got It I can pay old lllckoy back. 1 won't go to college any more. I guess I'll got a Job right In Hlckoy'8 ofilce. Or maybe I'll write plays." "Oh, please write a play," Hope pleaded gleefully. "They make lots ot money. Dickey." Sho shlverod again, and Dickey sturted the car with a sudden spurt of activity. "Where are we going?" she called to him against the wind. "To the hotel hero," he answered, drawing her closer and cruising quietly up the streets ot the town. Hut first they found a tiny dry goods store open, and purchased some necessities, with their thoughts on the fourteen dollars that hnd to go so far. Fourteen dollars tor a honeymoon, giggled Hope. Wasn't It romantic? Fourteon dollars, red dened Dickey, but ot course, that was only until morning. They could got by. They made a few more purchases. A pack ot cigarettes and two boxes ot crackers. A bottle of milk and several chocolate bars. Because after nil. It was nearly three in the morning, and many hours since they had eaten. On their money It would be Impossible for them to rder n snack In the hotel, so II was 'icsl.tn bring In n few nibbles In Uead. What a wedding feast! Then they started off. One-arm driving may be against tli law, but what are statutes on a wedding night? Speeding may be indulged in by crazy., giddy, headlong .people: but married couples. quite naturally ride slowly, dreamily, going past tbe right turns, and becoming quite absurdly -lost! Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Hlckeon Dale! ' "Oh, lookee!" breathod Hope sud denly as they rolled by a shadowed moonlit - lawn. "Look what's ' in there?" Dickey obediently looked, his toot . forgetting tbe gas pedal. Tbe chug ging little roadster stalled. And man and wife laughed, thoroughly amused. "Look,". repeated Hope softly, a white gloved Ungei pointing stub blly,' contrary to Mama and Mrs. Post "It's a kennel, 1 do declare. And dogs Inside,. Oh, the cute little things! No, it's cats. Dickey it's eats I" Dickey peered tflkough the moon light. , "Yoh," he agreed soulfully. "A white cat." "That's good luck," Hope squeezed his arm unmercifully. "Ob. the sweet. Let's go look at It, Dickey. Lets go tell It were married." Forthwith, they opened the door of the car and then headed, band In hand, across the damp and sweet smelling lawn toward tbe white cat that ought to be told ot the wedding Down went Hope, kneeling In the moonlight, crooning and clucking softly to the superior and uncon cerned animal. a "Tell you what," Dickey decided impulsively. "I'm going to buy you that cat, Hope. As my wedding present," 1 "Oh, DIokey could you? How could you? Oh, you darHngl I'd lova It." "Sure. Just as a starter. Course, there'll be other wedding presents, crjekot. I can't give you diamonds add those' tlilngSi Hl'ckey'mlgkt. But I'm not going to accept more from Hlckey than I have to. Understand? I'm going to do tbe supporting. I'm going to take care of you. Some day, ween rm successful. Hone. I'll buv you gorgeous, beautiful things, and take you traveling everywhere and show you off to the world. . . .': "But, Dickey could you got me tho pussy now? I'd Just love It!" ' Dickey rotorted with a handsome shake of his bead and a swift brace of bis shoulders. , "You wait," be said. And marched off to the house. - Hope, standing now, gazed from Dickey's progress toward the dark ened and sleeping bouse, back to the white kitty X at mewed soul fully' through tho wlro onglng. Sud denly she Hung out her arms and looked up at tbe moon. May moon. Lover's moon. roople seldom realize about young men's fancies. The woman, wrapped In a shawl over ber blanket bath robe, who eventually snapped ou her lights and opened her front door a crack to peer at Dickey, bad tart ideas about young men's fan cle She spoke a piece of her mind. And: shut the door in Dickey's face. But Dickey, dauntless, rang her bell again. Over and over be rang It, Btanding sturdily in front of the blank stretch ot the old baken door way. . Tho Old woman swung open the door onco more. Now, one could see her crinkled curl papers, and even from where Hope stood, one could bear ber shrill voice talking wildly about police and people that dis turbed others' peace. . . . One could see Dickey Jam his toot Inside tbo doorway. One could see Dickey enter loch br Inch, until tbe door closed behind, and Dickey was Inside with the beshawled old lady Long Hope waited. Crouched be side the white kitty, wbo seemed to understand and who purred sublime ly. The big white cat turned to haul forth a white tellne infant between Its motherly teotb. Oozy, Ineffectual tears came to Hope's eyes. At tbe sight ot the white furred baby, she forgot com pletely how long Dickey was being closet d In the big wooden house with the irate woman In curl-papers, and forgot conveniently bow neces sary It was to phono Papa Ross. Eventually Dickey returned. With the woman beside him. beaming now In spite of ber grur-'bles: a huge man's coat drawn over her shawl and her blanket bathrobe. Dickey explained Ono could not buy the big white cat, because such an animal was worth one hundred and forty dollars: and one had only nlno dollars and twenty cents In one's pocket! Wepprieht Grace Perklna) Oiek finds a solution on Monday. But whit solution Is thtrs for Mr. Roit' wrlthr SPAIN PROPOSES TOTAL ABOLITION OF AIR FORCES . . (Continued Prom Page One) 1 French plan for an armed Interna tional police force under the league of nations. STIMKON HEADY TO GO WASHINGTON. Feb. 12 Secre tary Stimson said today ho is hold ing himself in readiness to go to Geneva and attend the armaments conference. If It becomes clear that his presence there would do any good. He said, however, that he does not intend going unless it seems his attendance would serve some good purpose. , . Because it's Better At Falk's It's Cheaper OWLS TO PLAY AT WALLOWA ON SATURDAY The Jack Allen Owls, one of the leading Independent basketball teams in Eastern Oregon, will face new op position Saturday night when they go to Wallowa to meet the Wallowa AH Stars. The game Is scheduled for 8 o'clock. iTbo contest wilt be i unusually in teresting to Wallowa people, since it virtually will be a battle of Wal- lowans. Pour of the members of the Owls are former Wdllowans, Crawford, center; ; Posey, guard and captain; Lloyd, forward, and Crabtree, substi tute. I " Composer's Name Lost The mime of (he composer of the Jewish "Kol Nldre" Is unknown, as Is a very ancient traditional Jewish hymn and is sung only nt the be ginning of the service on the eve ning before lorn Klppur (Day of Atonement). Returned Theirs A little girl whose parents are not great renders visited friends. She gazed long ond enrnestly at the well filled hook shelves, and then amazed them by exclaiming: "We get books from the library, too; but wo take ours bock." New ' PANEL CURTAINS 42 Inches wide some with three inch hems others scalloped fl 1 and Fringed ecru color 'D1 Panel New- FIGURED MARQUISETTE 36-Inch Mount Vernon Marquisette ' dainty em broidered figures and dots guaranteed 'Ot fast colors, yard ., ... ?C NeW' - RAYON SPREADS 80 x 105 Bed Spreads floral designs colors of rose, green, yellow and orchid a beauti- d - . QpT ful spread for the money - P -Lotft) Varied Weather At Pendleton . PENDLETON,, Feb. 12 (IP) Weather In every classification from sunshine to snow, and Including even! a thun der storm, visited Pendleton. Thurs day. Rain, hail and snow fell dur ing the afternoon. . Thero was a high wind from the west. The tempera ture dropped to 33 degrees above last night. . On Being Misunderstood Next to generalizing, from insuffl clent data, tbe most popular human activity is being misunderstood. Woman's Home-Compnnlnn. WKATHER FORECAST Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. PALMY DAYS 3 minim m.ini ir-unn m.in.iMi. La Grande, Oregon ' JOIN THE WOMEN'S PARADE TO PROSPERITY! Economists, Governors, Mayors, Women's Club, Chamber of Commerce, College President say of businessrandTworkiiig conditiorrTecovery, - t.-,.,'.wtt It's Up To The Women Your purchases will keep'stocks of HOME PRODUCTS moving, Home Factories running, your neighbor at work and money circulating Purchase HOME PRO DUCTS ! y''j. Shortening ' Picnics Bacon Cottonseed oil, Beef . . Streaked with ' Suet and Pure Lard ' Sugar cured. - lean, properly blended. ' 4 lbs 25c Pound .. ... 9c Pound .. ..15c Steak Bacon Ham Choice steer Choice lean Choice cuts sirloin. , , , , backs. sliced. ' Pound .... 19c Pound . . . . 12c Pound . . . . 19c Weiners Minced Ham Hamburger 2 Pounds ... 29c 2 Pounds . . . 29c 2 Pounds . . . 29c Cube Steaks Enough for one serving. Delicious tender. Each 10c GROCERY DEPARTMENT OREGON PRODUCTS Salmon Pears Jell Powder Columbia River Chinook Monarch Brand Roval Club in Canned at The Dalles. Canned at Salem. Flavors 16-oz. flat tins. No. 2 V, tins. Regulai Sages Each 10c 2 Cans . . . . 49c Each 6c Snow Crackers Coffee Oafoj Oven Fresh. Preferred Stock. Carnation Rranrl Wht'orrahtlm ? Ca",led An Oregon Puct. White 01 Uaham Oregon. Large size packages. 2 Pounds... 27c 3 Pounds ... 97c IPkg 19c Walnuts Flour Soan ""itPnr": . nfiftffiL ' Ste- riLd Soft Shells Milled inlSnde OregSduct 3 Pounds... 50c 49-lb. Bag $1.09 10 Bars .... 59c l! 3 I,'! i
