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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1932)
, rtl-'flay, June 'ij W2 TA UKANUEEVKiSilMir UjL&EKyEK,, LA UKAN 1JJ7TTKET ILCKDAQ. Kcliraisal Saturday The regular rehearsal of the Boy 6c out band will be hem Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of Christ. The leader, Paul De P. Mortlmore, requests that every mem ber of the band be present arid spe cial business Will be taken lip ' re- . gardlhg keeping the band together ' during tne summer rnumua. Ministers to Meet The last meeting before the sum mer yacatlbri of the La Grande Minis terial association will be held Mon day at 10 a. m. at the Presbyterian church. Operation Albert Tally, of North Powder, un derwent) a sinus operation at the Bouvy hospital, where he will be con fined for the next few days. At Houvy Hospital Recent out-of-town visitors who have received treatment at the Bouvy hospital are Mrs. Mary Abblt, of El gin; Miss Margaret Whitehead, of Lostlne; Nicholas Manser, of Payette, Ida. Ill Yesterday ' . Clarence Roblnette, who was . ill yesterday,. waa much Improved today and1 was back at work at his filling station, which is being repainted at present. Here For" Visit, Mrs. Florence Hendrlcksori, Who has been nursing at the Nugent General hcspltoT at Centralla, Wash., arrived here yesterday for a short visit at the home of ' her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Strong.' Farewell party A farewell party will be given at the L. 0. S. Recreational hall be ginning at 8 o'clock tonight, honor ing Chrlssie Lester, who will leave on a ntlssldn1 to' the North Central states mission of the L. D. S. church. A program and dancing will be fea tures of the entertainment, to which all members of the church and friends are invited. Hearing A hearing is being held here today on an application made by the O.-W. R. and N. to change a crossing at Perry. t The county court, which closed ! its regular monthly session yesterday, is attending the hearing which ,1s being held at the court house. Experts To Return Mrs.rL: B. Penlngtoh. who Is 111 at the-jiome of her sister, Mrs. B. M Kavanaiigh, in Seattle. Is Improving and expects to return to her home hero on June 13. She has been in the Washington city during the past month. To Spend Summer After attending the Oregon Na tional guard encampment at Camp Clatsop, Vernon Patten plans to leave for Seattle where he will spend the summer working. He has been ap pointed as second cook for Company E. and will leave on June 11, occom ..panied by Judd Smith, first cook, waadFi'ea.AVells jness sergeant. ; The remainder of the company will leave on June 13. Expected to Return Miss Dorothy Eberhard, who has spent the past winter teaching In the High school at Silverton, Is ex pected, to arrive In La Grande on Sunday to spend the summer with her parents, Senator and Mrs. C. R. Eberhard. BUY can sugar refined in y j A Uelp home industry Sl'.MMKIt IS HKHE Let us tnke enre of your fnmlly washing' problems. Enjoy your self. Prices as low as 4c per lb. Modern Laundry TIIONE MAIN 77 Several million Westerners start the day on ings of the Morning! ! Schilliijffi BIDDIEIfjr Story Hour Miss Lovlne Cuslck will have charge of the story hour tomorrow morning at the public library, and will tell the stories' of "The Chicks That Stayed VP Late," "The Robin That ' Did as He Pleased,.' "Fleet Wing and Silver Voice" and "The Runaway j Watch." All the children t La i Grande and vicinity are Invited to attend the story hour.' Omitted In the account of the program at' the Presbyterian Ladles Aid meeting yesterday, it was omitted uninten tionally that Mrs. Hal Bohnenkamp cang "Our Father in Heaven," play Ing her own piano accompaniment. InvhillntWm installation i and initiation woro held last night when the Eagles met at the lodge hall. Everett Walker, past president, wrfs installing officer at the ceremony at which Arthur Brem er took over the presidency. Other officers installed were Ernest Bush, vice president; George Moats, chap lain; George Skinner, conductor; Jake .Clower, trustee; John Jennings, out (slde guard; John H dp kins, inside guard ; C. E. Happersett, secretary;, and Loulo Evans, treasurer. To Coast Mr. and Mrs. Tuveson expect to , leave Sunday morning for Portland where they will join thelf son. Ernest, who has been attending Reed col ! lege there. They wflr make a week's ' tour of several coast cities. Salem and Portland before returning to La .Grarfdc. Ernest plans to spend the summer with his parents. - Here Toiluy Dr. Gilbert Flhlrfy and family pnsa ed through La Grande today en route from their home at Roeeburg to Bat tle Creek, Mich.; where they will visit. .They are making the trip by auto j mobile, and stopped in La Grande for before continuing east. From Huntington t Mrs. Fred Smith ,of Huntington, is in La Grande for a few days visit, coming especially to look after busi ness matters. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are former La Grande residents, mov ing to Huntington two years ago., fiuesLs . Miss Virginia Bailey and MiSS Courtney. of Valley Olty, N. D were visitors in La Grande today; guests of Ml-3s Amanda Zabel, who Is also from the North Dakota city. They drove from here to Emmett, Idaho. Tent Meeting , Evangelists J. Bruce and A. Card- (wcll will begin a series of tent rheet ' Iiigs at the comer of Oak and N Sun day, June 6. Meetings will be held throughout the week except on Mon days and Saturdays. I.KAVK US Al.ONE' 11KI.GIU51 BRUSSELS P) "Foreigners have no ngnc to interfere In the domes tic affairs of Belgium" was the curt answer In the chamber of deputies to a query as to what had been done with a petition signed by 61 Brltlsh ' ers on behalf of conscientious ob jectors Imprisoned last year for ' ro ( fusing army service. IIONOIt JLU'ISH OENKKAI, CANBERRA W) Tho Australian branch of the Zionist Federation :has acquired acreage In Palestine upon which to plant 10,000 eucalyptus trees as memorials to Sir John Ma- nnsh, the great Jewish soldier who commanded the Aussles In Franoe. .145 fllt.MIIIATn T SA1.KM SALEM, June 3 (P) Qraduntlon exercises for 345 high school seniors, the largest graduating class of the Snlem high school In history, were held here today. Gehria Gets tinirHotmri r In WulW'Walltl J. J. Carr, of La Grande, was a some. , visitor in Walla' Walla Thursday and His plnne carried 625 gallons of; PORTLAND June 3 -Cattle 25 cises at' St; Paul's school. chicken sandwiches, two ham sand- eoQQQ ' ' KJ'l'n COlfe a 8Ul";rttum 5.00((. W.75. common M W ttaltlnr Mother-- , Ion of water $5.00; 000-1100 lbs. good $6.750.50, Mrs. June Andrews of Ogden.j. Cool ai Wepariure. medium $p$5.75. common $4 $5; Utah, is a guest at the home of her Hausner appeared cool as he sup- 11WW800 lb3 t8.50()T6.00, me mother. Mrs. Mary Bean, who is ill erlntended the final tuning up of. his dmm $450(!f0.7b5: heigers 660-H50 lbs. at her home. f1,"",,11 tWS !t M? W.606.00. medium tVaftff 5.35. com- , Ihts wife goodbye and then calmly w.j5M.35, Cowa, $40o,f From Utah- , fla d' 4.50, common and medium 2.60 Arocn vi8itora n tnI. I,0md :WeU; let 8 " , 14.00. low cutter and cutter $1.00 of Mrs. Mary Bean is Mrs. Thomas A moment later he was off. :a50 B IU (ycarItng8 excluded) good Ogden. her daughter, of Richfield. The flier estimated he would fly and ch ( W.B01.4.00. cutter Utah. She expecu to be hero for sev-. approximately 4376 miles tp nweb ttnd medlum ea.603.60; n& W T P". equipped with a walera (mHk fed) g00d and cnolce fWhmwind motor similar to tlmt used $500(rt5-60i mwllum e3.506.00, cull To Montana- jby Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and mid commoii ,3.00 3.60. Calves 250- Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cameron and Clarence Chamberlain In their flights 300 lbs and cholc0 WtBOwfi00i sons. Bob and Malcolm, left lost across the Atlantic, has a cruising comman ond metUum $3.0OS.50. night for Llbby, Mont., by .automo- ( speed of 100 miles. Hausner said hef H g50 including 100 dl bJle;. They expect to be Qone about hoped to reach his destination in 44 rect. aty' ngnt jights 140 to two months and during their absenco hours. : 100 pounds good and cholco $3.35 will visit Mrs. Cameron's sister ond Ttw plane was equipped with six (tl $4 XQ. llRhtweKhta ifl0 to 180 lbs mother. parachute flares for use in the event good cho,c(f Wi85.$410. iao.2oo (Hausner xperlnced trouble during choice $3,261, $4.10. 20-250 lbs. good .MUiitl Funeral ( his flight. .flnd cno,co $3(?it3B5; heavyweights Mr. and EnrDSllven and Mrs. A. C. Hauener left with word f rom the 2S9-290 lbs. good ond choice $2.85 a Newman attended the funeral ser- woather bureau that favorable weath- n,Krt ,.. vices for Mrs; SUven's niece,- Mtss er might be expected over the trfean. $a.B0 $3.05. packing sows 276-500 lbs. Marlon Wright, which were held at He took off last Saturday without medlum nnd ood a.ooi;$2.75. Peed Union today. consulting the weather bureau and ers3tock(irfJ 70-130 lb8 nnd , 1 when he was forced back by fog ho choco Wi78Wi00 I From Elgin - Bot In touch with Dr. James H. Kim-, Sh ftnd ,ambfl 400f dul, otld Mrs. J. F. Ravenscroft atid Mrs. ball, the bureau's meteorologist, who wcnk 6oo. .holdovers; Lambs 00 lbs. R. L. Shoemoker, of Elgin, were vis- ha-j been the unofficial starter for Uown good an(1 choico $3.75 $4.oo, itors In La Grnnde today. Miss Jane practically all eastward Atlantic mcdlum 53 00 ff() $3i75 aU welghU Ravenscroft who, Is attending the:fK"ts- Last night Dr. Kimball told comn,on $2.00 q $3.00. Yearling weth-1 Unlversitv Of Washlncton. Is exnected bis reports Indicated favorable ocean pm no.lin k.v munm tn hnii ai as to return to her home soon, and her arrival will be of Interest to the younger set of La Grande, of which she Is a popular member. llrlnfll L Mr. arid Mrs. Fred B. kiddle re- turned to tneir home in isiana uuy today, after spending a week In Port- land. While there Mr. Kiddle trans- .testament leaving his insurance and acted official business, and they vis- o"1" property to his wife. Mar Ited friends. tha, who has helped In all his prep- . ,. , , , Tourists ' Among: the tourists who were in La Omnrie lust nicht were E. E. Rose. of Los Angeles; Georgo Neely ond son, Junior, of Boise. . ViKlt lbineh Mr. and Mrs. Jumes Johns and son. Tom, of Pendleton, were In La Grande this mornine. Mr. and Mrs Johns sDent the dav at their ranch In the Grande Rondo valley, while their son spent the day visiting friends In La prande. .1' He Is a graduate of the University of Oregon and has several friends in this 'city. i - Attending Meeting ' V. .t. Blitz nnd s. Murrnv. of Port- land, are in La Grande today attend- Ing a meeting of the public service hearing. at tho court house. . Forestry .Officer llere J; B'. Irwin, of Pendleton, a mem- ber of tho personnel of the forest service, Is in La" Grande conferring with District Ranger Gerald Tucker. They are completing work plans for t.h MAHPhnm rilstrlrt of the forests. Mr. Irwin expects to leave tomorrow for his home. YANK KB STAR TIES HKCOICI) PHILADELPHIA, June 3 W Lou Gehrig tied tho all time major. league record for homo runs in one game to day when he hit four In succession against the Athletics. His fourth came off Roy Mahaffey's delivery In the seventh Inning. The only other major leaguer who ever hit four In a row was Robert Lowe of the Bostlon Nationals who did It May. 30. 1894. Ed Delchanty of the Philadelphia Nationals hit four In one game in 1800 but only three were consecutive. AMERICAN LEAUL'E (First Game) R. H. E. Cleveland 3 10 0 Detroit 1 9 1 Perrell and Sewcll; Bridges and Ruel. ' . j n. h. e. St. Louis 2 5 1 Chicago 1 10 0 (Ten Innings). Blaeholder and Perrell; Frasler and Berry. NATIONAL I.KA(U B K. H. E. Boston 0 14 1 Brooklyn 5 15 2 Frankhouse,- Cunningham, Cantwell and Spohrer; Clark, Moore and Lopez. R. H. E. Chicago 5 14 0 Pittsburgh 6 13 3 Smith, May and Hcmsley; Swetonlc and Orace. Slot Machine Idea Old The slot miichiiip was used In the temple of Dlnna 2,000 years ago. LONE FLIER'S DESTINATION IS WARSAW (Continued From Page One) make a stop at London or Perls. He planned to follow a course sllgntly to the south of the steamer lines. Hausner lifted his plane Into the air after running 3500 feet down, the concrete runway, passing about 30 feet over a "small crowd assembled to see him off. A3 he gained altitude, he turned the plane around and headed eastward. A navy plane also accompanied him as an escort. He carried fifty letters, some of which he planned to drop over the Crowdon 'airport near London, and. If conditions were favorable he hoped Sport Finals I i . ' i to fly over Le Bourget; Paris, to drop j weather which ought to coutlnuo """ o nimiM r.iiipmciic Hausner's ship was not equipped with a wireless set, Tho flier left last Saturday with out thinking of making a will. After "J v omission and dictated ft brief last arauons. i Hausner, who was christened Stnn- lsIaus- but 13 generally called Stanley, JI years old. He was oorn in Sanok. Poland, but .come to this u..-., .. -MUJ ..v. turaiized American citizen. He was ence a seaman in the naval reserve nnd has been flying about ten years. Officials ot tho municipal airport snut, nowever. mac he onlv his a i license. Ho Is limited private pilot's reported to have paid $15,000 for the plane rti,. The piano carrying Mrs. Hausner nnd Rev. Knnppek. after trailing Hausner for a while, went to the nawATK airport. I ' Naval reserve officers from tho air station at Floyd Bennett field ac- compamea tmusncr uouui to nmva. They reported on tneir return, mac when they l-sft Hausner he had at - talned an oltltude of about 1000 feet, He seemed highly elated, they said, laughing and waving to them, He had a tall wind and was travel- ling fast. 1 1 : ' Tprir ir mm -ri X1 IVCiiJ Li, IVIUULJU HOLDING LEAD IN SENATORIAL RACE (Continued Prom Page One) Zimmerman of Yamhill In his list, bcsttlco himself, 12 votes short of I onniifrVi tr civn him the office. Recently a rumor sprang up to tho effect that WHHird "Marks of- Llniv 'county' would like tcTsuccced liimself'l he having been the president ot znc 1031 session, a position which he holds until the organization of tho !1033 senate. It Is definitely known, however, that Marks has aligned him self with Kiddle and that it has been', his position all along that he would! not consider becoming a candidate f for re-election except in tho event of a deadlock, which now appears to bo : out of tho picture as a possibility. I'ptoii Out Senator Jay Upton of Bend also was a tentative candidate but he has in- j formed personal friends that he has ; obondoned the thought and Intends to go Into tho Kiddle camp whenever convinced that the latter has 15 sure votes. . ! Fight All Oyer I Accordingly, on tho face of tho statement of Senator Kiddle, the sen ate organization fight is all over and the prospective members of tho upper house can devote their full time to clinching their elections In November. Ami In this connection, it might be stated, the Kiddle lineup consists of j holdover senators and those having ; no opposition in tho fall campaign, jwlth one or two exceptions, so that his pledges stand little, If any, danger (of being rendered ineffective by the defeat of the givers. 1 Senator Kiddle returned to Island City Thursday night, but plans to . come to Portland again In about a1 month at which time. It Is presumed,! I he will have made some little progress I In the study of the science of com- SATURDAY and SUNDAY Walter Huston Lois Wilson Raymond Hatton I ROMANCE! ACTION! I ADULTS 20c KIDDIES 10c Continuous Shows I ORDER, PORTLAND LIVESTOCK M wm EwC9 12Q lbs medium to clmlr-n 7 fin 1.. 1 HO 1 9(1-1 fiO Ihs mi dium to choice 7Gcc$1.0O, all. weights culi to common boc76c. AGRICULTURE HOARD WILL ACT 'JUNE IS (Continued from Pago One) for the fair each year, but which nrrvfri in:iflrnmtf for t.lio m-imilnm lut ns outnned by tho previous fair boar Hansen further 'stated that It had been reported to him that without the horse show or tho racing pro- ,Hni' " iirouuiuiu. He L'Dncllulocl n,B lei bV stntliiff -nrtt. . ' . . einor Meier has warned ogainst'ereat- deficiency s b 3 , J ' SWi'rlit t onrses Oprn DL'ci'ifi;uuisi!a rt-'uiiun ujit'ii vu ihk board. He stated that farmers had suggested that rather than eliminate - -g ; , - nS L q V ft j . w V I lfl W V CI '' ' njjjSS' "IIS abSOIUteiy witnjaqueue u : Te barley skeg ij sssmmsmmm rum u unat 1 1 i . " i I B IU., Vm r I I I IMPORTED I WM sef an absolutely 1 1 . . K5S?i .Mil I 2 ' t l tlt i I ri I m ffiz'ps. w I II S7 1 f ' I B-irriJfeiaS J-m Vmmed Bonnets fe. " ' 1 I ' ' ' "l 1- i :' 1 I TODAY and SATURDAY Ik' Y ANOTHER... I ;fiW Greater Entertainment Month TS V Come On! Hoi K-iliJ0.ll Have the Laii(?li or Vqiir Life IJf I !t . ;i'X)RGE CHARLIE 3 j ' SIDNEY MURRAY Mj 4 JUNE CLYDE NORMAN i'USTER S ' 1 r! The'Coliens and the Kellys all JF-ftnj I . s ffA M-XS jrn, , of 'cm footloose .among the ZSm ; fA 1 JfeVi( painted beauties and sleazy Jk WM VJ WV slieiks f movleland! . . . Oi, Oi! v V Yo)?S HcRona! You'll Iw suipiised . . r x$ipilk -a' MffSSN and pleased and mightily amused tfV 'CTF "l 1,,e funniest Cohens and Kel- BtoXl f3 8? Sl T 1 Hi -ciiirsALi I n? 1 the fair entirely, It bo conducted purely as an agricultural event with plenty of free , amusements, elimin ating both the horse show and the racing event. The courses thus open to the board would bo elimination of the fair en tirely; arrangements for a purely agricultural event; conducting the fair In Its entirety but with a smaller premium list, or the elimination of cither tho horse show or the racing event; conducting the fair In its en tirety but with a smaller premium list, orthe elimination of either the horse show or the racing eventt Tho premium lists for the 1032 fair have been considered but fur ther than that no major obligations have been assumed for the event as yet, Gohlhar said, In tho event no fair Is held, the $37,600 appro priated for prizes would be used to pay for the work already done on lists, and the balance returned to the general fund. The legislature could then appropriate from the fund enough to poy the deficit and the payment duo In October, Han Ken suggested In his letter. FLOODS HIT OKLAHOMA; FIVE DEAD (Continued From Page One) taken from Lightning creek at South cast 23rd street. J. M. Meads, former deputy sheriff, reported that the body cf a woman' about 45 years old was taken from a tree on South 21st street and that of another woman, about 40, was recovered at South 35th street and Santa Fo. The body of a, 5-year-6ld boy was token from the water In the south east section. A man on horseback who attempted to cross deep water near the Taylor school for boys, whero 05 youtlis were marooned upstairs was reported drowned. Wells Shutdown The -hacking up of flood waters caused a shutdown on nearly every well In tho north end of the Okla homa City field, m well aa pipeline and gas compressor stations. Tha flooded area Included tho com munity camp, peopled by hundreds of unemployed. Tho Canadian river ond several creeks left their banks after an all night downpour which measured six Inches. John L. Kennedy told police his wlfo had drowned and that he had saved his Infant child. Tho body of another woman waa reported on a trestle, which could not yOU g6, yOU flfld I One-Piece fWJ I . - . . H TTT' II T . ; ' . I I I r :l. I I:. i H be reached because of high' water. Four of ft family of five were re ported missing, the father, marooned In a tree; shouting he did not know what had become of the others, ..Those In, the commim.ity camp fled their tent, homes. . Many destitute families living outside the camp were homeless. At one time water stood two feet deep at. Main, and Broadway, iu tho heart of the business district. National guard troops1 were called out for police and rescue work. . L. L. Estes, a south side resident, said he saw a woman yfho was cling ing to a housetop go down when her home, floating downstream, collided with another. There was an unveri fied report of another woman's body on a railway trestle which could not be reached and a woman and child were reported drowned in Melrose park in the far south part of town. . liarknesK AddH to Terror . Hours of darkness In the southern suburb of Capitol H1U and tho foil ure of; seven thousand telephones and 00 toll lines added to tho terrors of families, struggling to' leave their flooded homes. Some looting was re Stoic No. 18 DEPT. STORES , Iiuy Washable Shantungs For Greater Service Pastel Shades IOne-Piece ' SH I Models Uf ) j ported In downtown business streets whero basements, were flooded. Scores of persons were lrv hospitals receiving treatment for exposure, a number were reported missing and hundreds more were receiving food and. attention in hastily arranged emergency shelters. . ; Half a hundred national guardsmen wore called into duty by. Lieutenant Governor Robert Burns. The, community camp, tent city of Jobless and the -Lightning creek bot toms appeared hardest lilt. Houses were swept away and persons sought refuge on roofs and In tree tops. At the camp refugees waded out through water neck deep, fathers and mothers carrying children . on their Shoillrieitt. IilvnliriR In nnmn iwt.lrvn I were tnkrn out. In nmhiilnncpn rv-.m - j woman was reported trapped In a The rain kept coming down at mid morning although the flood waters had receded. Her back broken and in a cast, one woman was removed from tho com- legs also were carried from the camp. IN THE WEST La Grnnde fit? r
