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"'i"T ?.!!! Pag Three ';' Monday, August 1, 1932 :T'i , ?;. vr-'tfo .'HMt-wrf .so;- . i CA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. " 4 A SOCIETYNOTES Mrs. Fred H. Kiddle Entertains V . Members of Order of Eastern Star t Social Club at Island City Mpnday At a delightful party last evening at her home at Island City, Mrs. Fred H. Kiddle entertained members of the O. E. 8. Social club. - About 30 mem bers were Mrs. Kiddle's guests for the affair. The evening was spent In formally and at a late hour the host ess served refreshments. Out-of-town guests Included Mrs. Carlson, of Seattle, and Mrs. Spence, of Wallowa, both members of other Eastern Star chapters. Miss Rhea Beddes Weds William Vest At a simple ceremony, solemnized by J.- W. Brlggs, bishop of the Second Ward of the L. D. 8. church at the I Brlggs homo on XJ avenue, Miss Rhea 'Beddes became the bride of Will' am Vest, of Midas, Nev., last night shortly after seven o'clock. Attending the two were Mr. and Mrs. Venule Vest, also of Midas. Following the wedding the bride and bridegroom were honored s.t an Informal reception at the home of Mr. Vest's parents on North Maple. A large number of friends called during the evening. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Beddes, of this city, and has made her home here most of her life. The bridegroom Is a member of a La Grande family. . Mr. and Mrs. Vest left this mcrnl'ug by car on a wedding trip. They will return to Midas In a few days and will make their home there. W.W.G. Holds Meet At Riverside Park A picnic supper was enjoyed last night at Riverside park, by members of the W. W. G. of tho Baptist church. Following supper which was served at picnic tables shortly after six o'clock, the girls had their monthly missionary program. Jennie Nlelson gave an interesting discussion of the religious beliefs of the Indians. Enid Happeraett had a comprehensive sketch of the wife of Dr. John Mc Laughlin, bringing out especially Mrs. McLaughlin's missionary work for the Indians. Fourteen girls and Rev, and Mrs. B. Marcus Godwin took part In the evening. Veld (SANITARY own (sanitary napkin) Never Irritates Ends Periodical Chafing and Discomfort VELDOWN is a revolutionary advance in sanitary napkini. Instead of mere layers of crepe paper it has a rayon cellulose filler downy and gentle as fluffed silk. A filler that prevents all chafing, discomfort and paoking, with no harsh edges to harden and irritate And yet it is 3 to 5 times more absorbent than ordinary pads safe and effective hours longer. Veldown comfort costs no more than ordinary sanitary pads. At any drug or department store ask for Veldown. ji 1 A FEW MORE DAYS Hart, Schaffner & Marx SUITS at sale prices $25.00 Suits $30.00 Suits B0ST0NIAN OXFORDS $4.95 Twc Stope For Plays Are To Be Presented at Park 6 The two plays which are to be given by a group of young people irom is- land City, under the direction of Miss Beulah Smith, and lh conneotloo with the tea to be sponsored by the Ladles Aid of the Island Olty church, will be presented at the Riverside park instead of at the home of -Mrs. O. H. Bldwell. as had been announced pre vlously. The tea Is to be held Thurs day afternoon from 2:30 to 6 o'oloclc, SOCIAL CALENDAR Wednesday, Aug. 3 v St. Peter's Guild will -meet at Honan hall. K 2:00 Parkdale club to meet at tho park. A potluck luncheon will be served at the close of the afternoon. 2:00 The Baptist Women's so ciety to meet with Mrs. S. E. Starr. 2:30 Missionary society of the Christian church will meet at the homo of Mrs. Joe Snod grass on Birch street. Mrs. William Bnod grass and "Mrs. Henry Wlnbura will be hostesses. Menus Of The Day By Mrs. Alexander George PEACH COBBLER ' . Breakfast Grapefruit i Ready Cooked Corn Cereal j : Milk Buttered Toast . Poached Eggs . Coffee (Milk for the children) . ' Luncheon i Tomato and Lettuce Salad Graham Bread and Grape Jam Sugar Cookies Iced Tea (Milk for the children) Dinner i : Stuffed Eggs Mashed Turnips Bread Butter Cabbage Salad ; Peach Cobbler Cream Coffee (Milk for the children) ' I Peach Cobbler , , (Uso fresh or canned peachcB) , 3 cups Bliced peaches , i ; 2 tablespoons butter cup sugar t ' 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vi cup water ' Blend peaches and rest of ingredi ents. Pour into shallow, 4 buttered pan. Cover with the crust.. . Crust ?- 2 cups flour. . i n 3 teaspoons baking powder " y4 'teaspoon salt '' 4 tablespoons fat " cup milk ' ' ' 1 egg Mix flour, baking powder and salt Cut In fat with knife. Add milk and ecu. Spread soft mixture over peaches. Make 4 holes In top. 26 minutes In moderate oven, syrup. Syrup fi Va cup sugar -A cup water Mix Ingredients and boll 2 utes. Pour over cobbler and 5 minutes. Serve warm. Bake Add mln- bake To remove dandelion stains, rub hands with kerosene and wash In warm water and soap. MOONLIGHT SAVING GOLF PLEASANTON, Kan. (fPi Three golfers, dissatisfied with their morn lng and afternoon rounds, played an other over the Pleasanton links by tho light of an unusually brilliant moon. Scores were not high, but some assistance from flashlights was required. In automobile fashions, blue has become the color leader, while green Is becoming Increasingly pop ular. $18.85 $23.85 Evenv Man Mlu Bu Duke, Society Editor Telephone Main 600 Until 8:30 . m. RECONSTRUCTION CORPORATION IS READY FOR WORK Continued from Page One) . ! ever, doubtless will be considered by the board since Democratic leaders have Insisted that upon him must rest responsibility for the corpora tion's relief work. Farm Prices May Improve The ' huge agency's rehabilitation program proceeds Just as the agricul ture department reported It had found "a number of changes that may mean the steady decline In farm prices has been 'checked." The August 1 survey of the depart ment, said J. Clyde Marquis of the bureau of agricultural economics, makes It appear that "the general landslide of prices" has been "levelled out for a few weeks." The index of general farm prices from June 15 to July 15 went up 5 points because of Increased returns for hogs, cattle, cotton and some ma jor crops, he added, while the advance In grains, particularly wheat, did not come until after July 16. But on the whole, he said, 'This month's change In farm prices is the greatest gain recorded in any one month since July 16, 1029." By Bernard 8. O'llora (Associated Press Financial Writer) NEW YORK. Aug. 2 (fl - One phase of the railroad problem wor ries executives In major lines outelde of railroading as much, If not more, than it does railroad executives. That Is the drastic shrinkage of the carriers' purchasing power. A remedial proposal which,, la re ceiving much attention in both gov ernmental and financial quarters is the suggestion that the reconstruc tion finance corporation loan the carriers money to renovate their equipment. . Just how severely the purchasing power of the roads has been restricted by. the great decline in their traffic over the past .two years Is shown by the following comparison of their ex penditures for material and supplies for maintenance and for capital Im provements In 1031, es contrasted with 1929: (000 omitted.) 1031 1929 Fuel $224,200 $364,392 Forest products 75,600 157,651 Iron and steel "220,000 437,840 Miscellaneous ...... - 176,300 369,762 Total , .. $695,000 1,328,535 The above represents only expendi tures out of earnings for maintenance. In addition the . roadB are normally big spenders for Improvements, struc tures and equipment, all of which are classified under capital account. KAILIIOAD SEEKS $-1,000,000 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (IF) The Denver and Rio Orando Western Roll- road company today asked the Inter state commerce commission to auth orize a $4,000,000 reconstruction ft nance corporation loan with which to build the Dotsero cut-off between its line and the Denver and Salt Lake railroad. Poland Beats Finland in Long Run I i- i f ,t f 1 " '" I'l "I -I'll u jaHM -Lr jpgj 'S I With Paavo Nurmt out or the Olympics, the Finns lost flrnt place -In (he 10,000-meter run at Los Angeles to Poland, hut took second, Photot shows KusoclikHkl, Poland, winning, with V, Iho-HciIIo, I'lnn, coming In second, after a close hitter rare hetwren the pair. PLAYING IN. Wiillare Brerr and 4mn Crawford are pictured above In a xrene from "Orand Hotel", whirl, coraM to Ia (Irunile for two da Thumday and Friday, Aug. 4 and S and will be ahnwn on a road Hhow ha.lA at the Orannda theatre. The picture will he preMMiteri twice dally, at 2:30 and 11:30 p. m., and alt ttratA will he rmcrveri for all prrformnnrn. flreta tfnrbo, 4ohn narrymorc, Lionel Ilarry more, l.ewlii Htone and Jean lleraholt nlM anptnr In the rant of thin K-u-M production. The Htory In from the famous novel hy Vlckl Uaum, OUT OUR WAY POM, NNUCMEW ( GOT -TTME. f0 FiX - n"- V55 ' V J fS? VJX onairimsnwiit, 'ffjgr&yfl7 BARE. HAHOr-Q I 1 ' ' Feminine Bluebeard To Return to Cell TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 2 () Mrs. Lyda Southard, known as the "fem inine bluebbard." will set out tonight on a Journey, under guard, back to the Idaho state prison from which she made a sensational escape 16 months ago. Warden R. EThomas of the Idaho prison, accompanied by his wife, ar rived here early today and immediate ly went to the women's quarters in the city Jail where they received friencfiy greeting from the convicted husband poisoner, who escaped their custody May 4, 1031. U. S. Deficit Aug. 1 I Gains $62,000,000 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 W) The government ended the first month of the present (1033) fiscal year with a deficit of $263,200,620, which was $62, 000,000 greater than for July a year ago. Though tho deficit for the first month was larger, there was a bright spot in the situation because $100, 000,000 of It was duo to money paid to the adjusted service certificate fund from which World war veterans draw their bonus. During tho month the government collected from. all sources $8764,206 and spent $35054,827. . ',' 7-..-, ' Try to Conceal the Beit It Is curious tlmi we should be more anxious to coneenl our best missions limn our worst. I.nndor. "GRAND HOTEL" Holding Lambs In I Western Districts CORVALLXS, Aug. 2 (fP With ranges generally continuing In good condition In the west, growers are nvt rushing lambs to market, and as a result the movement of Idaho and Oregon lambs to the middle west fell off materially lost week,, according to a review Issued today by the federal market bureau and the state college extension service. Buyers from California have moved Into Nevada, ' Southern Oregon and late mountain regions. Ranch bands In Lane and Douglas counties are bo- lng bought at $3 to $3.60 at tho ranches, while in Lake county whero lambs are In exceptionally fine con dition, farm flocks brought mostly $3.50 with best fat range lambs at $4, f. o. b cars. The movement from Klamath Falls Is expected to reach Ita maximum In the. next 30 days. Little activity was reported from the intermountain ter ritory for the past week. HARVESTING OF CROP IS COMPLETED (Continued from Page One) more than two weeks. , In addition dozens of, persons wore employed on farms throughout the cherry growing sections, on picking crows, Shippers included tho La Orando Co-operative association, which had Its packing done through an arrange mcnt with tho Erlckson and Lottos Packing plant, tho Stackland Fruit company, which packed in - La Orando and with a co-oporatlvo ar range merit in Covo; and a packers' as soclatlon In Union. Percy Littler also packed tho fruit at Union, . What lo Do With It When a man gels whnt he wind ed ha'B lucky If he doesn't put In a lot of time wondering wont he wonted with It. Washington Stnr, Thursday Alate ''rved ' wk ' GARBO P BARRYMORE $ WSWU CRAWFORD Mm Jr. M BEERY Illy BARRYMORE vwffiffiv llw" ,T0N,-,,AN H,,,HOlT ' M.G.M.'. yyyY Supreme Achievement GRAND HOTEL NOTE: "Orand Hotel" iKrltlvely will NOT he shown at ANY theatre at I wyt price thin M-antint Telephone 83R By J. R. Williams 3450 Coal Miners On Strike Today McALESTER, Okla., Aug. 2 m A walkout of approximately 3450 coal miners In tho McAloster district, on orders Issued by David Fowler, organizer for the International Min ers union, took operators by surprise today. Approximately a half dozen workings wore affected. PARAGUAYAN MOBILIZATION IS ORDERED , (Continued from Page One) acts, without explanations or a dec laration of war. WJion the attack on Port Bogado by the Bolivians was repulsed on July 35 the Bolivian chancellor falsely al leged that Paraguay had attacked (the Bolivian) Fort Florida, which does not exist." Paraguay was willing to submit the controversy to arbitration, tho for eign minister said, and accepted an offer on neutral nations to mako an Investigation of tho mid-July Inci dents but military hostilities devel oped In the meantime. POTENTIAL Itieit A HE A Economlo pressure and the need for both nations to expand have aided In bringing the old Issue to the danger point again. Although tho Chaco is a vast jungle, consisting of thou sands of square' miles between the Pilcomayo and Paraguay rivers, It Is also potentially one of the richest areas in the world. Bolivia has been land-locked over since she was pushed back from the Pacific by Chile. Tho Paraguay riv- or, along the west bank of which Paraguay has built her settlements and strung her forts, Is navigable, while .the Pilcomayo, whero Bolivia's outposts arc, is not. The present crisis began to devolop In the middle of Inst month when clash occurred at an outpost be tween the settlements of the two countries. The Bolivians called It & Friday n Advance Halo Tmnnrrow Granada Theatre PRICKS Matlneo Evening 1st 7 rows BSc 1st Z rows 65c Next 11 rows 83c Next 4 rows B3c Last 2 rows 1.10 Next 11 rows 1.10 I.nnt 2 rows 1.66 Prices Include Federal Tax Fort Marlscal Santa Crus and the Paraguayans Fort Carlos Antonio Lopes. Who started the trouble Is not clear, but the Incident served to break up a conference at Washington where Bolivia, Paraguay and five neutral nations, the United States, Cuba, I Uruguay, Colombia and Mexico, were 1 endeavoring to arbitrate the dls-1 pute. U, 8. HOPEFUL OF TKUCE WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (ff The American government today looked for something that would at least bring a truce In arguments between Bolivia and Paraguay, two South American countries whore United States citi zens have millions at stake. J lint what could be done was prob lematical, especially In view of the decision by the Paraguayan congress lost night to order a general mobili zation of Its armed forces. Disturbing replies to neutral na tions for several days had greeted peace moves. Paraguay sold, she would not bo responsible for reprisals following the reported seizure of some of her forte by Bolivians. Bolivia ex pressed disinterest In any offer from neutrals to Investigate clashes since Jun$ 15. Further difficulties between the two .would be reflected In their trade with the United States. In 1931, Bolivia used $1,772,172 worth of Am erican goods while sending only $42. 075 to this country. Paraguay's ex ports to the United States last year 403,, Tnon, too, Americans hold some $54,000,000 In Bolivian securities. Those Include a 1937 loan of $14,000,- 000 and one In 1028 for $23,000,000. Bolivia already had defaulted on a number of her foreign loans. Thero aro 248 Americans In Bolivia and 7 in Paraguay, CADDY GETS THAT THRILL ST. LOUIS tn Bill Lamborn. qualifying In the caddies' tournament at Forest Park here, sank his tee ehot on the 330-yard tentbj hole. NOW! Are You Listening pijOfj SEeilo t JUNIOR rviERCV.l. j Romance from real life ... heartache from the soul of a love-torn radio crooner ... MSft WDM A Super Cast maw;k kvans . . . anita 'page . . . kauen moklky . . . nkil hamilton . . . wallace fori) . . . jean iieusiiolt . . . joan marsh Skip a Dull Evening .... CHARLEY CHASE In NKII' TUB MAI.OO" SIR HARRY LAUDER III "HIIK'.f MY IIAIMY" "TORE-HAND. HACK-HAND" l;lf Hill Tllilcn Tennis URGES BUYING OF r ; EXCHANGE WOOD j (Continued from Pag On) "We urge the farmer to co-operate In the movement, which will render valued assistance In obtaining an out- . let for his products. We will welcome : all calls, letting us know at the ex change what products farmers have. We now have requests for wheat, bar ley, oats and hay, most of which will be sold for cash. W have requests 1 to exchange wood for hay, "Many of the woodcutters are now getting out the old gray mare, as they have no funds for a truck li cense. There is a demand for home grown spuds. Farmers having a sup ply should take advantage of the present price rather than letting oth- sectlons take advantage 01 our market," he added. HUGE RATTLER HLAIN THE DALLES, Aug. 20 P) The death of the grand-daddy of the rat- tlesnake clan of the Antelope con-. try is reported by Kenneth A. De War, ' southern Wasco county rancher. The , snake was 43 inches long and four : Inches thick, he said. Although It had only six rattles, those versed In.' the lore of snakes estimated Its age at about 20 years. POLICEMEN EXONERATED OF SLAYINGS ! (Continued from Page One) 14 RADICALS RELEASED WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 WV-District Attorney Rover, acr an examination or alt evidence collected by immigra tion Inspectors, today ordered the re lease of 14 of the alleged radicals arrested In a round-up following the army drive Thursday to remove bonus marchers from government property. The 14 men were found to be law fully In this country, but were es corted outside the city by secret service agents and local police. Havanes Mackloodlan was held for further Investigation as to his citi and Wednesday ????? C3I v To Your Radio Favorites?. And Are You ; Wondering About their real romunces and licnrt-iiGhcH? A picture an new as next t yntr'H nilemliir. "You go be lilnil tho fiCFiicM mill look Into the hearts vf nullo IH'rformcn, In a love Htory . I hut will hold ) uu to the thrilling dull with William HAINES
