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Thursday, February 18, 1932.. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,-LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Seven Armed Factions Worry Austria; Citizens Fear Warlike Outbreak I Ily' Wade Werner . VIENNA' OP) Disarm ii meat Is a i) big word in Austria Just now, but not because of the meeting in the big glass house at Geneva. What worries thousands of Aus Itrians is the competitive armament ?of the socialists' "schutzbund" and the fascists' "heimwehr." The so Icialtsts are arming against "the las k cist menace" of the heimwehr and the latter doesn't deny that it Is arm- ing against "the enemy on' the left." Sober-minded citizens wonder how long an explosion can be avoided. The prospects for an outbreak Bf l some sort probably were heightened bit by the recent upset In the cabl- f-net. When Dr. Karl Buresch. chan- now ex-foreign minister. Dr. Schober, a frank pro-German, was said to be persona non grata to Austria's French creditors and his prominence In the government was held a handicap on efforts to ease the financial burdens of the republic. But apart from this the socialists were glad to see him . go. They had accused him of having . backed the abortive "putsch." of last September and they were inclined to blame his influence for the acquittal of the leaders of that attempt to seize power. Meanwhile the opposing piles ; of civil-war munitions mount higher. Socialist newspapers repeatedly have charged the heimwehr with posses f osllor, reorganized his government j sing large stores of arms, Including E n ine closing days or January, he i dropped Johonn Schober, ex-head of ) the national police, ex-chancellor and FIVE minutes after you rub on Mustcrole your throat 'should begin to feel less sorci Continue the treatment once every hour for five hours and 1 you'll be astonished at the relief.. 'I his famous blend of oil of mustard, camphor, menthol and other ingredi ents brings relief naturally. Musterole' gets action because it is a "counter irritant" not just a salve it pene trates and stimulates blood circulation and helps to draw out infection and pain. Lsed by millions for 20 years. Recom mended by doctors and nurses. . To Mothers 'Musterole is also made in milder form for babies and small children Ask for Chil- aren s musterole. heimwehr announcements of machine-gun practice for members. . ... All of this is not exactly re assuring to the peaceful citizen who would like to see both, sides put away their guns. But both . sides Insist on "security." ' The socialists don't want to dis arm without some guarantee against a heimwehr "putsch." The heimwehr is equally insistent on security against a "red dictatorship." . Another phrase often used tti the International discussions at Geneva, "equality In armament." is cropping up every day In the arguments over who shall have guns and grenades in Austria. Want Arms Equality "The same deal for all!" cry the socialists. And the heimwehr lead ers exclaim: . "An arsenal; even enough incen diary bombs to burn down Vienna, hidden in the socialist cellar! . Isn't it clear now why we have to be ready?" - . 1 Meanwhile the newspapers' print columns about' the international dis armament conference, and now and then a discouraged citizen cynically remarks: . "Genevia and world peace! Huht After- all, why shouldn't disarma ment begin at home?" ' Cherry Growers Plan Conference THE DALLES, Ore.. Feb' 18 P Plans were completed yesterday for a conference here next Monday of Royal Anne cherry growers from all producing points on the Pacific coast for tho purpose of establishing a Pacific coast cherry council. ! The program, said to be the most j forward-looking ever proposed for j cherry growers, calls for stabilizing j the Industry, and bringing about an torderly control of marketing to can ine rs and in brine for Maraschino .stocks. : J The council will seek expansion of markets and will work toward popu larization of cherries establishment' of uniform grades and packing moth- ods and general trade practices. Zt'PPKE SENDS TROJAN MENTOR GRID "HOODOO" HAT at least 600 machine-guns, 20 field pieces and enough rifles and hand grenades for every active member. Police Find Arsennl J mat tne schutzbund also possesses stores of arms was revealed when po lice raided the socialist party head quarters here, broke down port of the cellar wall and found 50,000 rounds of ammunition", " seven machine-guns, 732 rifles and 1,000 gre nades. The hand grenades were Important because they settled an argument over whether 5,000 cast iron receptacles CHAMPAIGN, 111. (JP) Coach Rob labeled "lubrication -cups" had beenjert C. Zuppke has sent what he be rightly confiscated by the police ajllevos his football "hoodoo" hat to few clays earlier while en route from ! Howard Jones, whose success at a stove factory to an undisclosed ad-. 'southern California has been the ob dress. The finished grenades appar-lject of some envy on the part of ently had been mode from the same j Illinois' gridiron mentor, kind of "lubrication cups." The 0jdi brovfa felt .hat .had been ; Seizure of these munitions caused j Zuppke's favorite. J.t matched the bitter indignation among the social- other ragged clothes he loves to don ists. Wresting "a small portion" of . when splashing through the mud dur- the defense weapons of the working j lng the business of directing football WASHINGTON STATE' FIXED FOR TALL CAGE CENTERS classes from them would not cow the workers, emphasized the "Arbelter Zeitung" the morning after the raid. Train Machine Gunners 'The same journal printed excerpts from an Innsbruck daily containing players. " Eluppke isn't exactly superstitious, but It was suggested to him that this hat might have been responsible for the past two uneventful football sea sons at Illinois. . PULLMAN, Wash, (tf) Washing ton State college is well, fixed for skyscraplng boskatbaU centers for the next few years. Huntly Gordon, all-Northwest tip off man and co-holder of the north ern division' Pacific coast conference scoring record, has another , year of competition. Ho is 0 feet 5 inches tall, but is compelled to look up to the Cougars' new freshman center, Robert '. Hous ton of Tacoma, Wash, 1 Houston measures 6 feet 7 Inches and Is promising varsity, timber. ROTAR1ANS TO SEATTLE PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17 (P) One hundred and fifty members of the Portland Rotary club left here today by special train for Seattle, to cele brate the award .to that city of the 1032 international Rotary convention. "Viola" and "Violin" A viola resen i bios a violin, but is about n seventh lurger in size, and Its strings are tuned a 11 f lit low or. $1 Spent Worth $1.79, According' ; ; To Survey; Hoarded, Worth 56 Cents PORTLAND. Ore. (Special) The dollar you spend today is worth $1.79. The dollar .you. hoard- will soon almost before yau know it be worth, only 6Q cents. That In a.' nutshell Is the startling and warning truth revealed in what is probably the most extensive nation-wide marketing survey under taken since the business depression's pendulum started on its very evident swing upward. These facts, gathered by a group of America's foremost marketing counsellors wen released .. last . week to banks, to newspapers' and other key channels all over the country. At meetings held without publicity they were laid before merchants rep resenting every business and industry. , In Portland wlieri dot nils of the sur vey were received bankers met in tho U. S. National bank and wero so Im pressed by the findings that it was de cided to make them available to all merchants. As the quickest and most efficient- merchandising medium! The Oregonlan was chosen to make .the facts known In the Pacific northwest. . Meetings of merchants of Portland wero called at once. The furniture group met Monday at the Benson hotel. Tho Portland Automobile Deal em' association gathered in the direc tors' room of tho U. S. National bank. Women's and men's wear merchants mot at the' same plaqe later in tho day. Jewelers and opticians gath ered at the Bank of California. . Before each group were laid the facts warning them to prepare for tho time now close at hand when their customers' . dollar, which today dees the work of $1.70, will presently be worth only Its old normal 1922 sum of 58 cents, Carl Helntz, Pacific coast manager of the Hanff-Metzgor company, one of America's biggest firms of mer chandising engineers, was the speak er. The facts he laid before the merchants were these; The drop In buying has been due not to lack of money. There Is more than one billion three hundred mil lion dollars of currency hoarded In I this country. This Is money taken 1 out of circulation, money hidden away i In secret places. Portland is no ex ception In this respect. In this city today there are so many safe deposit vaults in use that it is well nigh Impossible to rent one. Banks have more Individual savings accounts than in normal times the accumulation of funds that normally would be spent to purchase the normal re quirements of life. There is plenty of credit available for buying. Never before in tho his tory of installment buying has the public so completely paid up their purchases. More automobiles are to day paid for out of cash than at any other time in the history of Install ment buying. Furniture contracts are paid up radios aro paid for the public -has paid out but has not re bought. This tremendous credit res ervoir is available and when It is drawn upon it Is safe to say It will result lii a terrif 16 stimulus of buy ing. . ' Economy Ilecomcs Style "The present lack of demand," de clared Mr. Helntz, "can bo 'summar ized in these- brief words: 'It is no longer fashionable to buy.' Fashions i change people are very much like sheep, they follow the trend. Two years ago it w.not matt for the business man who called on you to make the statement that the suit he had civ was last' year's but that he was going .to wear it completely out before replacing .It. "Today It Is accepted for the man to drive his old automobile, passed off by the statement that times are hard, 'I'll wait for better times to buy a new on 3. Even women have taken It up and carried it to ex tremec. It has actually become fash ionable for women to wear their last year's dinner dresses -'women brag about it they boast a'oout not being ablo to do as much entertaining, or doing It In such a fashion that they take pleasure In speaking of their economy. Just as buying Is Infec tious, so Is lack of buying. , liollnr Worth 91.79 "Tho dollar spent today as com pared with tho purchasing power of the normal dollar In 1823 Is worth $1.79, based on th five basic com modities of living. Conversely the dol lar hoarded today for the purpose of purchasing . when times return to normal will at that time buy about half as much. In other words, it will shrink in value as the purchasing power of the dollar returns to normal. "In other words, as people gen erally realize that today they can pur chaso almost $2 In value -for $1 ex penditure, it la .only reasonable to' suppose that they will continue, as they have nqv started to do, to tuke advantage of this most unusual op portunity. ' i "Take, foe example, furniture. To day's dollar, In comparison with 1022 values, will buy $1.87 worth of furni ture. Furniture is not an ovcry-doy purchase, so is It not logical that It should be bought now, when your dollar buys so much, rather than wait for times to return to normal when your dollar will buy relatively only half as much?. . V . . "Women's clothing-is another excelV lent example.' Women today can ac tually buy two dressefe1 for the price they would pay in normal times for. one thus for the price paid for one dress In boom times they can secure . three dresses at today's value. So it is riot extravagant for women tb wear tho clothes they need for normal con ditions for the purchasing power has increased so that normal buying will cloth them far better than they can possibly hope for when conditions re turn to normal. - : , ; "Take automobiles, for1 instance, and all automotive products. Re search discloses that your dollar .'to- day has a purchasing power of more than $2. Two automobiles can be purr chased- for- the normal cost of one. Home construction is perhaps , the greatest bargain on the market today. . ''And sb on through the entire list of commodities. It is our sincere be lief that as the . public realizes the bargains they can buy today that in stead of hoarding their money- they' will taker advantage of these .very unusual conditions and 6pend- their money for the things they need, for at today's' values they can save half their dollar- and spend half their dollar and still acquire as much as their whole dollar would buy In nor mal times." . .. .' cough a Don't let' them get a strangle hold.. Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion com bines the 7 best helps known to mod.' .em science. Powerful but1 harmless; Pleasant to take. No narcotics. Money refunded if any cough ho matter of' how long standing is not rdiered. 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