La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 15, 1932, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text. ..Friday, April 15, 1932 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Five LOCAL Out of Hospltul Mrs.- Oscar Warnock has recovered from a recent appendix operation. . Return Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Thornburg re turned Wednesday from a trip to Vancouver, B. C, where they visited for a week with friends whom Mrs: Thornburg Jcnew In Scotland, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Praser and family. They also visited friends in Seattle and Portland. Visits Father Mlssi Ruth Woods, of Seattle, ar rived in La Grande' yesterday to visit her father, N. P. Woods, who pur chased the stock of the Conner store. Mr. Woods and his daughter are plan ning to drive to Seattle Saturday. Business Visitors Edwin Marvin and John Bratton were business visitors in La Grande yesterday, end returned last night to their homes in Wallowa. Arrives Miss Charlotte O'Neil arrived in La Grande Tuesday from Spokane, and is taking the position of anaes thetist at the Grande Ronde hospital. In ltaker Mrs. Elsa Campe Harlow is in Ba ker at St. Elizabeth's hospital at tending her father-in-law, Al Har low, who recently suffered the loss of both feet. In North Powiler Miss Helen' Yardstom, of La Grande, is a visitor in North Powder. Watch Inspector O. A. Copeland, traveling watch inspector for the Union Pacific, was a business visitor In La Grande yes terday. To Portland R. J. Green left last night for Portland to transact business. "CURTAINS CURTAINS" We are doing them for the finest homes We can please you too Try us. MODERN LAUNDRY PHONE MAIN 77 BREIER'S New York SALE Brings Timely Bargains In Spring Footwear Fancy Sandals Popular whlto kid or shiny blnck patent In summery cut out sandals. Breler's price Sport Oxfords Good looking mannish mocca sin toe type oxfords. Compo soles. Soft ton or black and whlto elk uppers. Breler's price $2.98 Dress Oxfords Comfortable ' kid. Tan and white or block and white. High Cuban heel. - Lots of 'dash. Breler's price. $3.45 Sport Oxfords Prices lowest in history. ' Elk two-tone uppers. Genuine Compo Soles. Walking heel. Breler's price $1.73 Odd Lots of Footwear $1.49 and $1.98 Give a thought and spices. There $2.29 big differences in quality. If you knew all the facts you would insist on Schilling quality. EKDlEIPir from Wallowa , ' Dick Rossell and daughter, Jean, his mother-in-law Mrs. Rosa Brandon and' Clifton Gillespie, a, of Wallowa, were visitors In' La Grande yester day where Mr. and Mrs. Rossell's oth er daughter; June, underwent -a double 'mastoid operatipn. a week ago. Mrs.' -Rossell has been In La Grande since' the time of 'the operation, and she and June are now staying at the home of Mr; and Mrs. W. P. Ballard, where June -is convalescing. The visitors from Wallowa returned to their home last nightj ' To Arlington 'Hans Schouman. formerly bookeep er at the Larison-Frees Chevrolet Co., has gone to Arlington where he plans to go Into business. Mr. Schouman is the brother of 'Mrs. H. P. NIelson. From Baker . Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Ruckman, ac companied by E. D. .Harden, all of Baker, were visitors in La Grande last night. Returns Home I Harley H. Richardson, who spent several days at Dallas, Ore., as a -witness . in the trial' of the state vs. Keller, in connection with the Empire Holding company, has returned home. From Salem I Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crews, former :ly of La Grande but now in - Salem' where he Is employed by the state highway department, arrived in -La Grande this morning -to spend the weekend here on business and vis iting friends. They.own a residence property in west La.Grande. They expect to return home Sunday. Mr. Crews was city manager of La Grande for six years. Return From Trip ,u Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Starmer return cd to La Grande today after spend ing three weeks In Western Oregon, attending to certain business inter ests there. They visited In Roseburg. Eugene, Albany and ' Portland. Mr, Starmer will preach' at the regular morning and eveniHgservlces of the Methodist Church South tomorrow. IScnefit Dance The Imbler American Legion will give a benefit old-time- dance tomor row night at the Masonic hall at Summervllle, it was announced today Hand to Meet The Boy Scout band , will meet at the Christian churctvat 10 o'clock Saturday morning, It- was announced today. "' From Stnrkey For the past six weeks, many resi' dents of Starkcy hrtve been .unable to come to La Grande because of deep snow and bad roads. The roads are passable now, and among the visitors from near Starkoy yesterday were Mr. and Mrs.'Arbie Thomas, who live on McCoy creek, Fred Holtke and John Wells. ... . ' From tluinn-i-a-, i. . Mrs. F. A. Bidwell, of Union, was in La Grande yesterday and was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Walter Reuter. To Ploy Tonlcht - The American Legion drum corps will go to1 North Powder tonight to play at the trl-city meeting, which is being sponsored at North Powder by the Union post tonight, saner, Union and La Grande will be repre sented. Tn Pnrt In mi- Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perkins flew to Portland today by airplane, trans acted business, and expected to re turn this evening. ' Tn Pnrtl.ii.fl Charles H. Reynolds and sons. Mni-inn nnri . Charles Jr.. left vester day for Portland, and Mrs. Reynolds and their other so. Everett, left today with members'of the La Grande High school band, which will play in the state music .qurnament at LTOrvaiilS. KVeron. ncjiiwiwa o member of the organization. ) Walter Gover, charged with larceny by embezzlement, wns arraigned Wed nesday evening before Judge L. Den-ham- In the court of the Justice of the peace, waived preliminary hear ing, and boll was eji jwt 600. Ball was furnished. Fined !'' Martin Peterson pleaded guilty to a charge of fishing without a license and was fined $15 by Judge L.Den ham in the court of the Justice of the peace Wednesday afternoon. The fine was paid. Has Operation Mrs. H. Ted Smitii, of Enterprise, Is In La Grande where she under went an eye operation. to your extracts are f lluld Hfgulur Meeting The Elks held, a regular meeting, and transacted routine business last night at the temple. Plan Entertainment A musical program has been plan ned by D. W. Hall, ohairman.i and his committee and will be presented t the next meeting of the Eagles ledge on April 21, -according to an announcement made last night at tlio lodge hall. The auxiliary will be entertained also at that time. Initia tion was held last night and an nouncement was made of the dis trict convention to be .held at Pen dleton on 'April 17, which several local members plan .to. attend. . A Mother's day program also 'Is -being arranged by C. E. Hlldebrand, George Moats and -Jake Clower. ' KIDDIES GETTING PETS READY FOR PARADE SATURDAY ; - . i (Continued from Page One) j boy parading with, a pet, the small est girl parading wUh a pet, -and- the pet brought irom . xne laixnesc ais-1 tance from La Grande. Judges will i be Mrs. Agnes Mc Each ran, principal ; of Central school, Fred Henning and Angus. McAllister. ' . Every fcoy or girl in the parade will receive an all-day sucker and a - bal loon. Plans are to have the paraders form procession . at the intersection of Washington . and :Hemlook at 12:30 o'clock, and every -entrant is urged tb be. ready to fall into line at. this time. Between 12:30 andl orclock, parade officials will -be (busy regis tering -and classifying - each sentry. Ulust Fill Out Blank To enter the parade- It will be nec essary to fill In an entry blank, which may be found on another, page of this paper today, and hand . it to a parade official between. 1:30: and .1 o'clock as the parade i is 1 forming. In return for the entry 1 blanks, -the of ficials will provide each contestant with an identifying number which Is to be worn on the. back of each to facilitate identifying prize win ners by the judges. Three Judges will decide the winners and their decisions will be final. 1 The winners will be announced from the marquee of the Liberty theatre directly after the judges make their decisions. Motion pictures of the parade will be taken by W. M. Heughan, and the equipment necessary to take the pic tures has been secured and the films will have their : premier at the Lib erty a week or so - after the parade. A world premier showing of Tom Mix in "Destry Rides Again," his first talking picture after two years wun the circus, will be shown for the benefit of the kids after the parade, Donors of prizes are Richardson's Art and. Gift Shop, Wagner's Hard ware CtfT, Peare's Jewelry Co., L. & L, Drug Co., La Grande Book -and Sta tionery Co., First National Bank, Moon Drug Co., O. K. Barber Shop, Glass Drug Co., W. H. Bohnenkamp Co., Trotters, Inc., Red Cross Drug Co. "New York Store, Carr Furniture Co., J. C. Penney Co,, Norton's Kid' dy Shop, Falk's La Grande Btore, Stevens-Van Engelen and the Liberty theatre. ; . . .:. Vicious Battle Fought Today In Auckland, N. Z. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Apr. 15 P) Vicious fighting broke out In the streets again tonight and for three hours crowds of Jobless men and women, who rioted all day yesterday, held their own against police volun teer reinforcements and a . -landing party from a British cruiser. Mounted men charged the rioters and foot police advanced in close formation with drawn clubs, but they were beaten back by the Jobless who fought with clubs, rocks and fists. : During tne melee fire broke out in the church, of the Epiphany and the building was badly damaged. Police said the blaze was started by the rioters. " - At least 30 persons were Injured, some seriously. The mayor, who marshaled civilian volunteers to assist the police yeatsr day, said tonight if the fighting con tinued he would read the-riot act. . Prime Minister Forbes told the house of representatives these were not food riots but the work of crim inal elements. He reported that no! a single grocery or food shop had been looted and most of the victims were proprietors of Jewelry stores whose loss he estimated at about half a million dollars. "The government is fully prepared to meet any eventuality," he said, "we will not permit those rioters to get the upper hand." Typical American Seen A typical Amerlcnn te one who doesn't resent silk lints because he expects to wear one himself some day. Minneapolis Stor. Summing It Up Our liberty wisely understood If but a voluntary obedience to the universal laws of life. ' Tranquillity A small town Is where people turn around to look Instead of ducking when a tlra bursts. BluiTton News- Rnnner. ' Teachers and Eiercise Teachers might be able to avoid many of tlielr ailments If they would take more exercise. A survey made by I ranees Itoss Hicks and report ed In nygelu, the Health Magazine, shows tliat nearly 03 per cent' of -002 teachers take no daily exercise other than that required In going to school. Nearly half of the GO'J state that they ride tn school. Speed of Man and Hone On a day when Vic Williams and Ben Eastman. ran a 440-yard race, the latter winning in 47 2-5 seconds, twenty Grand ran a half mile In the Kentucky derby In exactly the name time. The half mile Is twice the 440 yards distance. Keller Case To Be Adjourned Toj Monday Morning DALLAS, Apr. 15 (yP) Adjourn ment over Saturday at the close of testimony tonight in the trial' of Frank J. Keller Jr., of the Empire 1 TJ. F "r , j i. at the noon recess today. Judge Arlle G. Walker and Defense Attorneys Frank Lonergan of Portland and. ps - aggreable- to adjournment. A confer ence- between the attorneys; Includ ing Barnctt Goldstein, special prose cutor for the state, and Judge Walk er was to be held later. Nineteen witnesses have been called by the state In its case against Keller, the first of five ex-offtcers of the Empire' Holding corporation to go' on trial for alleged defrauding. This Is nearly half of the number expected to be called by the state and equal to defense witnesses. Little addltion- al light has been thrown u.pon the ; operations of the salesmen of the j Empire corporation. Medford furnished the witness-as for the morning session, including Mayor E. M. Wilson, a certified public ac countant. Mayor Wilson testified that he had been asked to subscribe the full $20,000 necessary to-qualify for directorship and was told by Dr, E. R. Clancey of Medford, that a place might be found for him as auditor for i tne company, prouamy one or xne subsidiary insurance units. After two; montns Mayor wuson stated tnax nehmen met death in a teniflc explo- -was finally satisfied with the .per - sonnei oi tne company ana gave a1 vjouu mortgage ana $awuu note lor (5000 worth of Btock Mayor Wilson said he asked for cancellation and attempted to repudi ate -his obligation. .Under cross ex amination by - Attorney- Lonergan Wil son said he understood-, that 15 per cent included all expenses of the pro motion,, commission, advertising, and; office overhead of the . Empire cor poration. Stock in on Insurance company was being acquired by the investment of $600 for five shares, Dr. J. D. Rlck- ert, Medford optometrist, told the Jury. Ho paid $350 by check and gave a note for $150. Dr. Rlckert oc cupied the greater portion of the morning. Another Medford man to invest was Roland A. Smith, deputy Jackson county engineer, who said that the names of Clancey, Coshow, Adams, and Kozer "looked good to him." He signed for ten shares paying a $10 deposit and later paid $500 cash for Menaced by Newfoundland Rioters I i M urn kmm iiim:u ifj mi in liiiru mill) umi aim iiluii tiriiiiiuriil. iHiiifiiii((H III .St. John's, Newfotindlnivl, nnd wrecked government ofilcrf, Prime Minister Kir Richard A. Squires was repotted to have resigned. Sir Kiciuiril In s'.iown in n recent photo with Ills wife. Though .present In tho lt'f,ris!ative nssDinhly wlit'ii the rioters seized the. building, Lady .Squires was unharmed. Tlic riot described n.s "virlonl icvohitlou" was attributed to the slowness of the government hi dealing with public demands for unemployment relief. The Master and His New Toy Here Is Hie first photo of Henry Ford at work on his mueli-illsritssrd new ,-V-8" engine. The new power plan(, huilt In two Ininks of four cylinders rxx'li, litis an s. A. K. ratine of 30 horsepower, cylinder blocks and crunk -ase cast In one unit, aluminum nlloy pistons, mi Intake man- I fold which pre-1 1 cat f the gas before it Is delivered to the cylinders, mid pressure lubrication. The new donndntft carburetor Is seen ubnve the engine. 20 shares in the Westerner Publish lng company and $400 cash .on his stock, giving a- 9600 note for the bal ance. Miles Stuart, Medford contractor, said In Juno he was urged to get In early as one company was expected to start early In July and that the stock would advance to $112.50 a share. In presentation of the bene fits derived, he said he heard the words "cold cash" used often. He un- idei'stood that $20,000 was the maxU mum cit -of tb money paid in would' be deposited with tho state for A750 to bo paid in. four Install' incuts over a period of two years. . Extra Guards On Duty At Prison COLUMBUS, O., Apr. 15 UP) Ex tra . guards, including city radio cruiser 'crews, were on duty at Ohio penitentiary last night nnd today for some unannounced reason. City and penitentiary officials would not dls Cuss the special precaution. It was generally believed that War den Preston E. Thomas called on the city for guard aid when he learned something was "brewing" within tho walls. Extra guards had not been on duty at Ohio penitentiary sinco Eastef Monday two years ago, when a fire killed -320 -convicts who were locked n lneir cens. The prison is within ft- few blocks', of Ohio's new state of. ucq building, in which a half dozen si0n of mysterious-origin late yester- day, "Loan" and "Lend' The word "loan" has been used as a verb In a certain, construction since approximately V2'2Q. -When money -Is-referred to it Is correct to use the word 'Moan," otherwise lend Ib correct;'' ;- ASSOCIATION TO CONTROL TENNIS (Continued From Fage Onet fcrm the only recreational facility which is open to the public of all ages. Tennis Is coming into prom inence as one of the leading activities of the city causing an overcrowded and unsatisfactory condition at the city courts on Walnut street, it was pointed out in the discussion last night. When the new courts are built they will be operated in conjunction with the Walnut street courts.'' The tennis f season will be formally opened -Sunday and memberships in the association will be collected then. Since the upkeep of the court will be paid out of the membership fees,, the association has been vested with the power to deny all non-paying mem bers the privilege of playing on the courts, and a system , of schedules will be. worked out in the near fu ture and rigidly enforced In order that all members will bo given an opportunity to play. New nots have arrived and will be put up for Sunday, Mr. Carter states. ROOSEVELT, HOOVER MAKE MORE GAINS ..-(Continued from Page One) prospect. He will-not have to fight at any stago. His Insurgent opposi tion has almost stopped protesting, nnd most of It will, either stay away from the convention,-or sit In a cor ner and keep quiet. , . But not Roosevelt's opposition. Now that the battie-Bmoke of Wednesday's Democratic "harmony" meeting -In Washington Is clearing away, it ap pears the Democratic plum will, be kept dangling until the very last minute. Roosevelt .will .be so close to it that he can almost pick it off at once, and it will take n desperate struggle to keep it out of his grasp. - -Two Iknnlisliells Two bombshells have landed with in the last few days in the-pathway of the Roosevelt advance,' but it does not . yet appear -.whether ,thoy - are duds. "Al". Smith's slashing attack at the Democratic banquet here dis closed at last his opposition to Roosevelt "to the bitter end,'.' but it , cast iino light on n tho number and identity of tho troops that may be',1 counted on to stand at the last ditch. Smith has no delegates Instructed for him1 the one fronv Wisconsin -which had been assumed New - Jersey, Louisnna, :and Delaware, with '58 votes, would be irrcconclllbly anti Eoosevelt. Where 'will the others como from, to make up a veto bloc of 986? . a.WFor Favorite Sons There are several; places they might come from or might not. -More than 250 will be locked up, -tempor arily at .least, behind favorite sons. No one knows how any of the dele gations will perform when the pres sure Is put on. 'The New York state has 94. and possession-of them may easily bring on a tug of war. Seven or-eight other states may fairly be classed as i doubtful. Three of these, Pennsylvania, 'Massachusetts, and California, have a total of 166 dele gates. . Considering all of those -possible sources, the effect of Smith's defi is to center attention sharply on the Pennsylvania and .Massachusetts pri maries, both -to be-held April 20. ' If Rooscvolt . sweeps these -states,' It is entirely possible the 'bltter-cnd"' bat talion will 'dissolve before It ever goes Into action. :; ; "Airnlfa-IIHl" Spwiks The second major-projectile hurlod at the Roosevelt camp this week was tho charge of "Alfalfa BUI" Murray ,that :votes have been bought for -trie New Yorkers in the West. .Threats to investigate 'have followed, but tho Specials for Swifts Silverleaf I'rand '"" Lard 2 lbs... .. ..18c Ripe Olives PtCah . ;; i4c ' I 1 Piggly Wiggly Special ' Coffee l-lb. Pkg. : 3-lb. Pkg. 20c 57c CARNATION WHEAT FLAKES Ijiirge Package 'Plain 21c Peaches In Good Syrup ' No. 2ij Can 2 for . . .. . . .29c -' i i ,. Shrimp No. 1 Can 3 for .. .. ..29c Kennewick Asparagus 2 lbs. . ; . v . 17c upshot Is yet to be seen. This sort of charge always makes excitement, and sometimes in the past it-has had effective reverberations. The high spot of the week's voting was the Nebraska primary. For the first time, Roosevelt contested directly with Speaker John N. Oarner. . The sweeping Roosevelt victory over both Oarner and Murray was no surprise to those who have realized the extent to which the Garner boom, In par ticular, has been deflated In 'recent weeks. His friendB do not count him out ontirely, but they are not claim lng much. . . . Roosevelt Has 'ZHVt Roosevelt also took Kentucky and Michigan. He now has 255 of the 770 he. needs. James Hamilton Lewis has 60, James A. Reed 36, Murray 23, and the other 104 selected to date are disputed. Tho Republicans have chosen 411, and Hoover has i380 of them. He needs 678 and In another week or two It will be all over but the formalities at. Chicago. . - MAIL ROBBER ESCAPES FROM McNElL ISLAND TACOMA. Wash.. April 15 OP) After an all nlaht' sear oh Warden Finch Arohcr was planning today , to Inten sify -his -.efforts to capture James Sargcarti, .mail Tobber .and -alleged murderer who escaped yesterday from n working, gang at McNeil-Island fed eral penitentiary. ... Sargeart was "missed when a . check up -was made -as tho prisoners were being returned to tlielr celts for, the levenlng. Varden Archer Immediately called out all the pvlaon guards avail able for a search-of -the Island and ordered out the boat patrol .in an effort-to forestall an escape by -water. It was bejievod, howver, that he was still on tile Island unless he had out side help. Sargeart had served two months of a 25-year sentence for mall robbery on .a Southern Pacific trnln at Nobel. Contra Costa .county, California, in which $57,000 was taken on Novem bor 7, 1030. (He-was captured a -year later in Portland - and returned to San :Franclsco for trial. i Prison rauthorltlcs said that ho Is wanted at Bradley Beach, N. . J., for the fatal shooting - of - a messenger during a payroll robbery and that robbery charges are also pending against him in Philadelphia. "Diamonds". COMEDY DRAMA .Will be Presented Friday, April 22 at the - I- Christian Church Experienced1 Cast Admission 35c and 10c Saturday and MondayVpril 16-18 4 for 39c SALE You May Assort Them White Corn ' Golden Corn Cut 'Beans Solid Pack Tomatoes Peas No. 2 Cans 4 for 39c Fine Cane SUGAR 20 Lbs. 92c i You may select just what you want and ' at no extra cost at Piggly Wiggly Sport Finals AMKIIICAN I.KAGl'K (;.. H. H. E. New York ..; .. 8 0 3 Philadelphia i...... Oil 1 Ruffing, Gomez, Plpgras and Dick- , ey: 'Walberg, -Grove, Mahaffey. Cain and Cochrane. . v . . ' - R. H. G. Washington i... 2 6 0 Boston .Oil Weaver and-Bpencer; Llsenbee and Berry. ; ' R. H. K. Cleveland .. 2 3 0 Detroit ....8-7,1 Brown and Sewell; -Whltehlll and Ruel, Hayworth. s NATIONAL LEAGUE . Chicago ! 8 11,0 Cincinnati -. 2 8 2 Warneko and Hemsley; Hllcher, Og den,. Wysong and Manlon. R. H. E. Boston . .. 2 8 2 Brooklyn . 8 0 2 Zachary, ' Prankhouse and Spohrer, Hargrave; Clark and Lopez. Briefly Told Killing time Is a good way to end life's 'nsphatlnns. The OlMPLE WAY to GRAND coffee flavor measure-Golden West coffee in the Golden West maker pour in jumping, boiling water . . let it drip. You'll know GRAND flavor, 'la- NOTEt Tetn how the itccl cut "grind" of Golden Wen to 'be perfect for ''drip" . . and other methods of m irking coffee ' 'v Camay TOILET SOAP 3for . . . . . .19c Starch i Corn or Gloss' ' 3Pkgs. 20c Salmon No. 1 Tall Pink 3 for 29c CARNATION Unsweetened Condensed MILK . . Tall Cans . 4 for 24c Butter 2-lb. Roll 43c White SOAP Made by Proctor and Gamble 10 Bars . . . . 23c Lettuce Solid Heads 5c