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Wednesday, March 16, 1932 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Flvti WHILE WOOSUNG'S "MUD FORTS" DEFIED JAPANESE In Washington QJDC AIL IBRD EFir Now! Quality He ad wear Costs No Morel Marriage License v , A marriage license was Issued yes terday by County Cleric C. K. Mc cormick to George Ward and Honore Hanigan, both of Ontario. Fined . Clyde Barney and Lee Matheson pleaded guilty to a charge of lar ceny of coal from the firm of Erick son and Lottes and were fined 925 each yesterday afternoon by Judge L. Denham In the court of the jus tice of the peace. They were turned over to Sheriff Jesse Breshears and committed to the county jail In de fault of payment. "Scooty'V Dutton Here ' I George L. Dutton, who is well known In La Grande, Is a visitor here at present. Mr. Dutton is a former resident -of this city and was prom inent In national guard work. He is now a major in the national guard and makes his home In Portland. Mrs. Bay Here ... r . - Mrs. H- M. Bay, of Enterprise, Is a visitor In La Grande until Friday. She is a former resident of the city and Is visiting friends. Visits Daughter . Mrs. P. A. McMaster, of Spokane, arrived yesterday for a two weeks visit with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McFadden. Son Born " ' ' - Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Beaumont are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Mar. 0, weighing 9 pounds. They have named him Law rence Eugene. Returns After spending the past three weeks : CURTAINS "" from La Grande's finest homes are entrusted to our care We can please you too. Modern Laundry PHONE MAIN 77 Books opened or closed, financial statements and tax returns com piled. a FRANK I,. BLACK 1701 6th St. BIG , DANCE Eagles Hall Thursday, March 17 Admission 50c Music by . Blue ( Mt. Wranglers, , Dances for both old and young. And Exhibit of Fine Woolens In The Full Piece FROM Don't miss the big opportunity of the season to select your new Spring and Summer suit' from America's greatest stock of fine woolens. A representative of this nationally known house will be with us. Thursday and Friday March 17 and 18 Tue Store For in Pendleton and Walla Walla with his airplane. Dud Rankin has return ed to La Grande. Mr. Rankin found excellent flying weather in the Wash ington city. College Songs Heard A program of college songs was pre sented by Mile Mildred 'Hawksworth at the regular assembly of the East ern Oregon Normal school this morn ing at 10 o'clock. Songs of various colleges were sung by musical groups of the Normal school under the direc tion of Miss Jennie Peterson. This morning's presentation was a portion of the program presented at a recent meting of the Neighborhood music club. , To l'ortlunU Mrs. Hurry U. Meyers, accompanied by her brothers, Gearhart, Karl and G. M. Stackland. of Cove, has left for Portland to be with another brother, Alex Stackland, who is seri ously ill. Returns After spending the past several months visiting her daughter in San Diego, Col., Mrs. W. W; Kinzie re turned to her home In La Grande last night. Visits In Pendleton : Miss Luclle Price, of La Grande, was a recent guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Sexton, in Pen dleton. Visits Parents Miss Verna Smuckal,'' who is at tending the Eastern Oregon Normal school, spent the past weekend at the heme of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smuckal, at Statellne.- In Portland L, W. Shirley, general foreman of the roundhouse at the Union Pacific shops, ils transacting business in Portland for a few days. 'J To Walla Walla Mrs. J. D. Sommers is a visitor in Walla Walla where she was called by the illness of her mother. She will remain for an Indefinite visit. Baker to Get Free Flour Two hundred barrels of Hour, mill ed from farm board wheat of which 40,000.000 bushels was recently voted by congress for free distribution among the needy, will be in BaKer within the next 10 days, George Balch, county chairman of the Red Cross has been advised by Fred Schaeier, regional director at San Francisco. The flour will come prepaid. The supply Is expected to last 90 days, The local chapter reported approxi mately GG2 families, about half in Bnker and half outside, -are in need in this county. The Red Cross also expects to get wheat for distribution among live stock growers. Democrat-Herald. ' ' " 11 Special Coinage J Oregon Trail half dollars were coined irn1520. They oomniemoratoli the liernlsni of the. fathers mid mclh rs to traversed the Orpfion trail tn tt' Far West "' See , This BIG Tailoring Display ll il Evehv Mak By Herbert Plummer. . WASHINGTON Charlie Under bill of Massachusetts, a six-termer In 'the house and a rather severe in dividual when he wants- to be. Is having a big time these days "dis ciplining" those freshmen Democrats who, he thinks, become too Impet uous and loquaclons on the floor. Already he feels he has put two of them in their place given them a sound spanking for their "fresh ness" which, he expects, they are not likely to forget. Underbill, bald, bespectacled and stern, sems to get riled over noth ing quite so quickly as when a new member criticises his elders In the house. And if the new membsr be a Democrat "Freshman" Sweeney of Ohio was the first to incur the ire of Under bill. Early In the session Sweeney undertook to lecture the house on the way It behaved while legislation was under consideration. "Some of you act like perfect gen tlemen," he said. "Others of you act like old women." HE TELLS 'EM A day or so later Underhill -proceeded to give Sweeney a lacing for saying such things. He gave him to understand that a new member should first learn what it is all about before ho said such things. Sweeney has refrained Bince from criticising his colleagues. Parker of Georgia is the latest to run afoul of Uuderhlll. The Georgian a big man who has spent much of his life In the mili tary took it upon himself not so long ago to speak his mind about the way the country was being run. Underhlll let him finisn oeiore "dressing him down But if he was severe with Swee ney - he was devastatingly so with Parker. His sarcasm and ridicule of tho new Georgia member was such tos to infuriate almost any man. And it did Infuriate Parker. .ivllifr, SATISFIED When Underbill had finished Par ker arose to say that no Georgian would be dictated to by Massachu setts. He erferred to an editorial recently printed in a Georgia news paper captioned: "To Hell With Massachusetts" and added that If tho rules of the houBo permitted him he would say the same thing to Un derbill. But he didn't get very far with that. Evidently something occurred later to cause him to have a change of heart. A few. days later ho ex- punged these remarks from the rec- nrH nnd rmmiciv anoioeizea. Airplane Set Down Inside Active Volcano Crater Without Mishap SEATTLE, Mar. 16 VPI A special dispatch to the Times from Anchor- agei Alaska, said "iioc irann ir bandt and two companions, braving deadly gases, landed their plane Mon day inside, Aniakchak volcano. , It was tha first rtlmo lu history, it was. believed, a plane has been set down Inside an active crater.- Dorbandt was returning from an 1800-milo fur-buying trip over the Alaska peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. His companions were George Emery of Seattle and. George John son, Anchorage photographer. Father Bernard J. Hubbard, Alaska exploror and professor at Santa Clara university, and Pilot Harry Blunt were nearly sucked Into tho volcano lost summer when, in BJunt's plane, they passed low over the crater. Dorbandt reported many of the 'peaks ln the range of mountains on tne Alaska peninsum in cmpuwi.. Diverse Views Develop in Hearing On Bill to Give States Public Lands WASHINGTON, March 16 (P piverse views over whether the gov ernment should retain mineral rights in transferring public lands to the states were voiced Tuesday before the senate public lands committee. Opening hearings on the Nye bill for transfer of the land, several of the committee members indicated they believed the states should re ceive mineral rights. This was brought out during ques tioning of James R. Garfield, of Cleveland, chairman of President Hoover's public lands committee which recommended the transfer with government reservation of min eral rights. The bill sponsored by Nye (R N. D.) chairman of the committee, car ries out the Hoover committee's rec ommendations. Garfield said the policy of the gov ernment and congress Bince 1872 had been not to give mineral rights to the states, the theory being they Bhould be reserved for the benefit of all the nation. Walsh Keplles Senator Walsh D., Mont.) asserted it had been equally the policy of tho government not to give non mineral lands to the states. Now that the policy was changing, he said, he felt the states had learned to safeguard mineral rights. The belief the land should be given to the states on the condition they retain ownership of the mineral re sources was expressed by Senator Kendrick D Wyo). Senators Bratton, (D., N. M.) and Ashurst (D., Ariz.) wanted to know what the objections were to yielding mineral rights to the states and said FREE X-RAY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION We make you this offer FREE so that you may" personally investi gate Chiropractic. Call at our office March 17, 18 or 10 for this free examination. Know the condition of your SPINE and NERVOUS SYSTEM. i Drs. Biggs and Biggs Palmer Graduate Chiropractors Second Floor Foley, Hldg. Phone Main 610 Olil-fasliloiiecl but fearsome guns like tills one r wired China's dcflunro of the Japanese Invaders. Tills antiquated piece Is a fixed mount gun In tile now-famous Woosuug forts, where Chinese troops astounded the world by holding off the bettor-equipped Japanese forces for three weeks. $140,000 CUT FROM INDIAN BUREAU FUND WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (P) The senate Tuesday cut $27,000 from the $140,000 Indian bureau fund for tim ber administration costs. The move was sponsored by Chalr- man Frazler of the Indian commlt- tee, who said the money was to ne used to pay for white employes on the Klamath reservation in Oregon. Frazler and Senator King (Demo crat of Utah) attacked employment of these agents by the bureau to su pervise timber operations on the res ervation as unnecessary and a waste of Indian money. Chairman Smoot (Republican of Utah) of the appropriations sub-committee handling the interior depart ment appropriations bill. emphosiz2d the value of the Kiamatn timoor ana said proper supervision of it is es sential. In answer to Frazler's prediction Klamath timber revenues would drop this year, Smoot said he thought they would increase. All In the Viewpoint Ninety per cent of we people lire bigots oiling other folks bigots.- "We took off on sklls from Ugashik (northwestern shore Alaska penln Bula) but from Chlgnlk on we found everything covered with volcanic ash. (Chignlk Is on the south shore of the Alaska peninsula). Wo discov ered several unnamed 1 peaks smoklnj! and the whole range' seems active. ' "Plying at 12,000 feet wo could see both the Pacific ocean and Bering sea. with literally hundreds of Islands visible ln every direction. The weath er was perfect and it was on awe lnsplrlng sight to watch tho eruption beneath us. "Wo also flew over Mount Katmal, Mount Pavlof and Mount Shlshaldin, toklng still and motion pictures of them. We sighted a largo herd of deer, driven by Laplanders, that had started from Bethel for TJnimak isl and but hod been forced to turn back toward the mainland because of the volcanic condition." they thought minenj s should go with the land. The committeo received from Sec retary Wilbur a letter expressing lull approval of the measure. Opposition Voiced Objections were voiced by Gover nor Seligman of New Mexico, Land Commissioners Smith and Hinkle of Arizona and New Mexico, respective ly; Scott white, Arizona, secretary of state and Byron O. Beall, New Mexico chief tax commissioner. Governor Dern of Utah, who re cently opposed the transfer In a statement before a house committee, sent a telegram to Chairman Nye asking that tho statement be put In the record. Governor Bryan, of Nebraska, en dorsed tho bill, adding his state had only a Bmall acreage and "we will not Incur the expense during these hard times to come to Washington to be heard." Governor Parncll of Arkansas, like wise approved It and Governor Sharer, of North Dakota said he believed "it fairly solves" the question. Governor Balzar of- Nevada notified tho group the state's congressional delegation would appear during the hearings to give his views and Gov ernor Meier of Oregon said Senator McNary would present his opinion. Simultaneously, tho house public lands committee opened hearings on the public domain bill. Two Colorado officials, Attorney General Clarence L. Ireland, and Ar thur H. King, registrar of the land commission, opposed the bill on the grounds it would be unwise in Colo rado to separate surface rights from mineral rights. Boys Glee Club Concert To Be Staged Friday .;. lly Mrs. Itny Wilson TUTTJT CTJ (Onnnlnll . Tim AHnllnl boys gclub concert wl bo glvon . " .. .. . . in waae nan tnis coming many eve- nlng, March 18. In order to otter a more varied nronram. a one-act play will be presented along with xne concert, xnis piay. onwwea "Submerged," is a tragedy of the sea. The story has to do with an officer and five men who . are trapped at the bottom of the ocean in a sub marine. It becomes necessary for ... JV J' . .-.. " " """'"8" - pedo tube to the surface in an at- tempt to attract the notice of search- lng parties. The manner in which the cholco is made and the turn of, events following the selection create j a suspense and thrill, making Sub- merged" one -of those plays talked of long after production. The cast Is as follows: Dunn, tho -lover. Bob Huron Show, tho dreamer Leo Munson Brlco, tho coward John Frlswold tne history of kidnaping today jn McAndrews, tho commander persistent efforts to see if from al- Raymond Munson .most forgotten cases thoy might Nabb, the cockney. Lynn Anderson ioarn the secret of the theft of the Jorgson, the bully -Cub Wognor Lindbergh baby. . Tho Harmonica band of tho third, Attention of Investigators was fo fourth and fifth grades again has all oused yestorday on tho fantastic and 6 its members present, and Is prac-1 frustrated attempt to kidnap Max tlslng pieces to bo played at the ' Phillips, woalthy retired collar maker, glee club operetta to-take ipiace in April, . Mr. find Mrs. E. J. Hazen and son, David, left Tuesday on a combined business and pleasure trip to Pendle ton and Stonf ield. . While at Pen dleton they will visit with Mrs. Ha zen s motnor, aua sisier. jn-.tha account of. the Junior play In, Monday's oaper. this correspondent left out two of the principal players, Winona Westenskow played tho part of., Moll Buzzer and although this bordoi. was a very difficult character part,L- . CrnmlnU Is Clenred : J Miss Westenskow did full credit to . Today Rochester, N. Y., police pick it bv sniondid. netinir. Jack Cole in od up Stanley G, Crandall, paroled the part or "Injun Jim' is deserving convict wno wos one ino principal of great credit for tho splendid way figures In the Aloxandorson kidnap he carried the part. Although ho 'lng. It was announced after quos was an oxtremely "bad man." yet;tioning that Crandall' had entirely hqiterpreted this character so that ciearea nimfloii 01 any puiw.uiu wn his fuidinnco viminllzed thn modern ' ncction with the Lindbergh case. gangstor Instead of the okl-timjB des - pcrado In the "blood and thunder", tolg Crocodiles' Pal Tho huge Jaws nnd teeth of the crocodile, tying In tho sun along the sandy ba n ks of the upper reaches of tho Nile river In Egypt, hold no terrors for the crocodile bird. This bird, otherwise known as the Egyptian spur-winged lap wing, unconcernedly hops tn nnd out of the crocodiles' mouths where It digs parasites from between the reptiles' teeth. Eggs and Witches Thnt an egg may betray a witch was nn old belief, for If n man takes an Easter egg Into church and looks about him. If there be any witches in the congregation he may know them lb their having pieces of pork Instead of prnyer books In their hands, and milk pads on their heads for brinnetft-Kxchnnge. Educational Limits Any Individual Is susceptible to education only along lines which mesh with Ids individual character, learning and abilities. Aroerlcnn Magazine. Moses Not To Run For IIoss' Office CORVALLIS, Ore., Mar. 10 CD Victor P. Moses, Benton county Judge, Tuesday reityratod his refusal to run for tho Democratic nomlnat'on as secretary of stato in the May 20 primary. Moses has received much support from Portland Democratic leaders who have urged him to enter the race, and local party leaders haye pledged support. PANTAGES TO OPERATE BIG MOVIE CHAIN HOLLYWOOD, CaL.Mar. 10 m i Alexander Pantagcs, multl-mllllon-;alre theatre magnate, has announced jthat within the next few months he would assume control of between 200 ' and 500 theatres scattered through out the United States and produce i his own motion pictures, j Pantages, who at the height of his career In the amusement business, owned 00 theatres and had an oper ating agreement with 40 others, said his son -in -law, John Considlne Jr., and his elder son, Rodney Pontages, would be associated with him In the new enterprise, "It will be our policy to book our own vaudeville and exhibit our own motion pictures, to be produced In a Hollywood studio,' the veteran theatre man said. Considlne, who recently married Carmen Pontages, daughter of the """S"' "f "" "T""! yeSter drur for conferences with business tra j - i0018168, .. ' MORE CLUES CHECKED IN KIDNAP CASE (Continued from Page One) ' k missing Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. Two troopers were dispatched to tho BnowDounQ' vlllnBe Duane, 16 ,, .,,, , , h. . wer() tol tnB su,t CM0 m ln the pos8cs8lon ot garag0 owner, who Iound ,,. by th0 roBa8lde durlnB tne h snowstorm that swopt this Canadian border region last wook. I'OI.ICK IlKVIUW OM CASKS HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 10 OT Pollen delved sLlll further back into seven -years ago. Nothing being learned from study of that case which might help solve the present mystery police eyes .were turned to another famous case which occurred . nine yoars ago. ; In 1023 llttlo Verner Aloxandorson, son of a Schenectady, N. Y scientist, . woe kidnaped, There was much pub- i llo excitement and the search spread ' across the country.' The child was found at last near the Canadian 1 The bulletin, signed by Col. H. nunnuu wwuii, DUt,c..i..w.. or state ponce, saia1 invostiguiurB sent to tne nome 01 Mrs. ljeanuro Light foot in Highland Park, concern ing the most likely local lead of the moment, had not returned and It was not known whether nnythlng or valuo had been discovered. Mra. Llglitront'H Htory Mrs. Llghtfoot had told of two for eign born servants who left her era ploy the day after tho kidnaping. She discovered that a chasel and some rough wood such as the kid napers' ladder was made of were miss lng from her estate. A chisel was found beneath the Lindbergh nursery window. ... . Schwarzkopf said no official re port had been rccolved as to the ac tion of Newark and Jersey City po lice resulting from questioning Charles Oliver, also known as Fitz gerald, who was taken from Tombs prison ln New York for examination, and William Oleason. Glruson Denies Htory Oliver had said Glcason proposed kidnaping the Lindbergh baby ln 1030. Gleason, confronted with Oli ver in . Jersey City, denied it. Schwarzkopf said he had no know- EXTRA MONEY YOU can ubo It can't you? Why not sell some of those things you no longer have use for . . . you can do It with a Want-Ad ln the OBSERVER Want-Ad Columns PHONE MAIN 600 J. C. Pemtey Co.. DEPARTMENT 1307-1309 Adams Ave. ledge of the visit to the Lindbergh home yesterday of Abraham Levin- son, a Philadelphia suitcase manu facturer. Although police declined to dis close the record of Ollvor's convic tion, examination of court records ln New York City showed that as George C. Fitzgerald, alios Lewis Oli ver and Charlos Fitzgerald, he was sentenced Dec. 31 to an Indeterminate term, not to exceed three years, on a plea of guilty to unlawful entry. Ho was indicted for breaking a win dow of a Ninth avenuo clothing store Nov. 23 and stealing $150 worth of hosiery. A nested Before Ho told probation officers he was 41 years old and Is a painter. . Court rocords show he has been arrested in Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio, Jersey City and New York on charges of possessing a revolver, disorderly con duct, possession of narcotics and at tempted burglary. Crandall was released after being questioned by police. . Ho told the officers he would be glad to Join ln the search for the Lindbergh baby, Police said lis ac counted satisfactorily for his move ments about the tlmo of the Lind bergh kidnaping. "This man Is going straight," said Detective Captain John P. McDon ald. "Wo want to give him what en couragement we can." The policeman said Crandall re marked he "hears things" occasion ally and would turn over to the po lice whatever information . reached hinv Ho reports regularly to a parole officer ln. New York 01ty..(1h w ' Tip Eliminated Police checked and eliminated a tip from John? VannermonM now in Passalo, county Jail, that, ho; hoard three men plotting trie' kidnaping In a' Yonkors, N. Y., ; restaurant. 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Jack Ferris was asked to ascertain the cost of laying out a court and will report at the . next meeting. Two tournaments were decided on tho club tournament which probably will be held the middle of June; and the Eastern Oregon, which will bt an event of early August. Boise tennis players have asked for an In tercity match which may be held during May. . Dues were set and a schedule will bo worked out toy Mr. Walker, Ever ett Reynolds, Mary Frees and a rep resentative of the , Eastern Oregon Normal sohopl. ' ., ... . . ...r;., I PROTESTS C?AU8E".MFTINO ' cTJ r ,vMOF,BAN ON U, Sj . APPLES (Continued Frorii Page One) Is free from scale.. 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