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Friday, October 7, 1932 LA GRANDE 1SVENTNG OBSERVER, LA' GRANDE, ORE. From Elgin Jesse Crum. Elgin attorney and Re publican candidate (or representative, was In La Grande yesterday trans acting business. Hero From Union David Stills, of Union, was among tho out-of-town business visitors in tho city yesterday. , Itetiims To noise , Miss Belle Perry returned to her home In Boise after visiting her moth er, Mrs. P. L. Dyal, for the last few days. Veiling O. T. DtcklBon, founder of a grape Juice Jelly works In Western Ore gon, has been visiting grangers and other friends In La Orande for the past few days. He spent yesterday at Wallowa. have been planned In her honor. Mrs. Towler makes her home In As toria where Mr. Towler Is principal of the Astoria High school, At Hospital Mrs. Altha Watts Is a patient at the Orande Ronde hospital where she will remain for a few days, Appendectomy Orval Baum underwent an appendix operation yesterday at the Orande Ronde hospital. Recovered Miss Oreta Freeman who has been ill for the past three months, re turned to her work today. Recent Ouest A recent dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Castor at Haines was Miss Jennie Nlelson, of La Orande. Other guests were their son, Leland Cantor, Miss Kathryn Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, all of Astoria; and Charles Lee and Ounner Holmes, of Seattle. At Huntington Mrs. F. L. Dyal visited yesterday at Huntington at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Vernon Ainsworth, former La Orande residents. . I Leaves Mrs. Charles N. Bllyeu, of Dallas, president of the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs, left yesterday noon for Pendleton after attending the convention of the Fifth District of the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs. Benefit Social Tho Ever-Ready clos3 of the Christ Ian church will hold a benefit pie so cial at the church this evening, with a mock radio program to start the evening entertainment. New Employe Mrs. Aurella H. Beckwlth, formerly manager of The Little Shop. Is now associated with tho Montgomery Ward & Co. store here and will have charge of the ladies' ready-to-wear and corset department. At Wright Home Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Dlerrenbach, or Albany, Go., left yesterday for Salem after a brief visit at the home of Mr. Dleffenbach's cousin, Mrs. Lynn Wright. While In Salem they will visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Dleffenbach, and return to their home via California and Texas. They will be the guests of Mrs. Dleffen bach's parents while In Texas. He Is employed by the department of agriculture In the federal govern ment. - Seriously Ill- Mrs. Ray Patten Is confined to her home by a serious Illness. -- Local Caravan En Route Today To Enterprise A caravan of La Orande business men, led by Dick Robertson, of the state police, left this morning on a good will trip to the Wallowa county lair at Enterprise. Among members of the caravan were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hess, Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Medlll, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Howard, Jack Wright, Fred germing, Jack Ferris, Oene Walker, . H. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Eberhsrd, H. E. Brady, H. C. Boone and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morelock. Enterprise To Be Host Sunday To C.E. Members CLUB WOMEN OF EASTERN OREGON CLOSE SESSIONS (Continues rrom Page One) lias Operation- Mrs. H. A. Thomburg underwent a major operation yesterday at the Orande Ronde hospital and Is re ported to be improving satisfactorily, j pul80ry military training Is wrong, discussed her field which she believes Is composed of three phases, visual publicity, physical and oral In which the nswapapers play an Important part. Mrs. A. G. Butterfleld, chairman of the international relations depart ment of the Fifth district, presented her final address In which she dis cussed prohibition. "I am tired of the drinking drys," she said, and also of the unfairness of the methods used by the wets. i . The International relations author ity also believes that La Grande should have an armory, but that com A district rally of the Christian Endeavor societies of Union and Wal lowa counties will be held in Enter prise Sunday afternoon and evening. M. E. Huffman, of La Grande, has arranged a program for the event which includes various activities and more than SO members of the so cieties of the Presbyterian and Christ ian churches of this oity plan to attend. Miss Ruth Gel bet, of La Grande, will lead the opening song service; Howard Carpenter, president of the Grande Ronde union, will present tho theme and scripture. After which Rev. Weston P. Shields, pastor or the Enterprise Presbyterian church. is scheduled to give the address of i Rev. Clifford Trout, of the Christ- Ian church of Enterprise, will deliver in mailt aaaress wiiicii wm ue ivm j lowed by announcements and the closing benediction. I A short conference, led by several union officers, and the regular j monthly executive meeting of the Grande Ronde Christian, Endeavor ( union officers will precede the regu- lar Christian Endeavor meeting which will be led by the Enterprise society. Special muslo has been planned. NEW SLUMP IN STOCK MARKET; CLOSE HEAVY NEW YORK, Oct. 7 OT A brisk ahort-llvcd selling flurry sent the stock market Into another slump to day, but extreme losses of 2 to more than 6 points in many issues were partially reduced In the last hour. 7n.,. . . Th. ttrTi tZZ f nominate state officers, minutes, however, and the final tone ,, ,,,. ,,-, rt n. Mrs. K. W. Frets discussed the Zorn-Macpherson bill after which round table discussion was held in which the sentiment seemed to be against the "school Juggling" bill. Mrs. Floyd Sherwood sang two num bers, accompanied - by Mrs. Lynn Wright, "Shena Van," by Beach, and "Song Is So Old," by Terry. Mrs. S. B. Morgan led tho music in the af' tornoon. Nominating memioers from seven of the eight counties of the district were elected. They will form a com was heavy. Turnover . approximated 2,400,000 shares. Closing figures of 11 leading stocks today follow: Al. Chem. and Dye ...'....... 72 American T. & T - - 104 & Bethlehem Steel 18 General Motors 14 Johns Manville 21 Liggett & Myers B .....i.. 6 lft Legionnaires at Ifcikcr Harley Richardson, district com mander of the American Legion, and Mrs. Charles Graham, district presi dent of tho auxiliary, acted as install ing -officers for the Baker post and auxiliary lost night at Baker. They were accompanied by Mrs. Victor Eckley. president of tho La Grande unit auxiliary, H. E. Brady. Indepen dent candidate for congress, and Roy B. Currcy. The Baker post was In vited to participate In the Armistice day celebration, in. this city,,... , . J Elks Meet Plans for Initiation next Thursday were made last night when the Elks met at the Elks temple. An enter tainment also will be furnished by Raymond O. Williams, Claude L. Berry, Norman Desllet and Rube Zwelfcl. Further plans for the Days of '49 show also were made. Herbert S. Browning Is chairman of this event. The Ladles of 433, auxiliary organization to the Elks, will hold a card party tonight at 8 o'clock at the temple. Montgomery Ward .' 12'fe J. O. Penney 21 Southern Pacific 20 Union Pacific 62 $100,ZUy,olU United Aircraft 22 United Corporation 9 U. S. Steel 38 Members are Mrs. Clifford Reed Burns, Malheur county: Mrs. J. C. Kuhhns, Baker; Mrs. S. E. Miller, Union; Mrs. , J. C. Balrd, Wallowa; Mrs. Stlllman Dempsey, of Milton, Umatilla; Mrs. Prank Turner, or Heppner, Morrow county. Grant county has no wonv en's clubs. I The afternoon session closed with a walking rehearsal, "The Beau of Bath," by Mrs. Rosewall, Mrs. Towler and Mrs. Longfellow. Visiting Mrs. Ida Sec. who Is 111 at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian See. has as her guests this week her three daughters, the Misses Etfie, Wllma and Leila See, of Bcngcn, Wash., and her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mclvln See, of Bridal Veil, Ore. Transfer of Assets ; Related In Court R.F.C. LOANS GET APPROVAL (Continued From Page One) talned an opinion by his counsel, South Trimble Jr., which said that "after careful examination of the lcgllatlve history of the emergency relief and construction act of 1932, and of the protest and brief or the Reconstruction Flnoncc corporation, election of President Hoover, The cabinet member, who spoke before a eapaelty crowd at Dreamland auditorium, which the management said seated 7000, praised what he claimed was the administration's achievements against the depression. "Don't let anybody tell you that , things couldn't be worse," he declared. "Wo have lost much, but we etui nave much more to lose." He credited the administration, during the last 12 months, with sav ing the nation's credit and preserv ing "the integrity of our monetary system," Secretary Mills attacked the Demo cratic tariff proposals as threaten ing to. use American products as "pawns" In "bargaining" for foreign trade. He cited California citrus fruit crops, petroleum, motion picture pro ductions, Oregon's apples and the en tire coast's lumber as product which he said were protected from' foreign competition by the Republican tar iff. He listed numerous other prod ucts In the same category. . , I'HKHIIIKNT SPEAKS ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 m Presi dent Hoover today told women of the nation by radio from the White House that on Nov. 8, election day, they would bo confronted with questions, the right solution of which would be Important to the nation for many years to come. . , . President Hoover invited women of the nation to compare the Republican and Dcmpcratio program for the past three years, asserting that If measures introduced by Democrats daring the last session of congress had been enacted "a burden of 3, 500,000,000" would have been placed upon tho country. ATTACK8 GARNER NEW YORK. Oot. 7 P) O. Laughlln, executive of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, said today at Republican eastern cam paign headquarters that Speaker John N. Oarner, Democratlo vice presidential candidate, did not de serve the labor vote "because of his Indifferent attitude towards labor." "Oarner's record," Laughlln said, "is distinctly and clearly not that of a friend of the working man," . RETAIL TRADE IS HOLDING UP WELL (Oonunuea From Page One) ridenco is still being shown, duo to the fact that the trade Increases this fall, while only of seasonal propor tions, are a decided reversal of the long downward trend. . "The post week," said Dun's "has witnessed' no halting of the (aim of September In retail sale, but the ex- ' pension has been narrowed end In some sections was retarded by warm and Inclement weather. Demand has been well sustained, however, and with the exception of a few lines sales have Increased after allowing for seasonal adjustment.' Interest' le beginning' to spread Into lines gen erally classed as luxuries and while this Improvement Is alight aa yet It la of sufficient extent to afford en couragement." . . .") - VICKS COUGH DM? . . . All you've hoped for in a Cough Drop medicated with ingredients of 4 Mlfif V VafoRub L. K. GOOLSBY HELD GUILTY OF STEALING L. K. Gootsby was found guilty yes terday of stealing a drag saw and will bo sontenced at 10 o'clock next Monday morning In the circuit court by Judge J. W. Knowles. The deci sion was reached yesterday after noon by a Jury. The saw wob valued at $25. The circuit court Is enjoying ad journment until Monday morning when the caso .of the state vs. Vic tor Knapp, who is charged with a statutory offense, will be tried before Judge Knowles. Hillsboro Forest Fire Is Spreading PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7 W) A strong wind, approaching gale veloc ity, arose in the Shadybrook area near Hlllsboro today, driving to new lite embers of forest fires which last night were believed, to be within control. Should the wind continue through out tho day It was feared three resi dences and the Arcade school nous In the part of the flames would be con sumed. All other fires were believed under control. . Martin Insult Is Held Behind Bars KANSAS OITY, Oct., 7 W) Herman G. Place, a vice president of the ChaBe National Bank of New York, told in federal court today how the Long-Bell Lumber company trans- i am of the opinion . that, tho act ferred assets valued at $27,000,000 to1 gives' you no discretion to withhold a subsidiary as a move to retain its the monthly reports of the Recon banklng credit. .1 structlon Finance corporation from The bank official was a witness in Ubitc inspection.' Bankts and trust companies re ceived $85,057,604.43 of the total au thorization for August. This sum included $7,772,900 to aid in the reorganization or liquid ation of closed banks. The remainder of the loans, all of which are .based upon securities put were aistn- Halt Farm Strike Returns Mrs. Geneva Harrison has returned to her homo hero after spending several days visiting her sister, Mrs. John Reed, at Rock Creek. In Itnck Creek Dr. W. E. Thistlcwaito, of this city, federal veterinary Inspector, went to Rock Creek this week where ho work ed Jointly with Phil Fortnor, county agricultural agent, in moklng tuber culin tests. Thoy have tested about 40 herds there and plan to take the final tests tomorrow. the hearing seeking a receiver ship for the company and its subsidiaries, among them the Long-Bell Lumber Sales corporation to which the assets were transferred. Through this method, the banker said, the company was able to deal with a syndicate of banks, not all of which previously had been lenders. up Dy the beneHclarles, ' . f buted to follows: I To building and loan associations, t tl2.204.18B: to Insurance companies Alert l- Si nii V SYf 37,708,700: to mortgage loan com- iveai nivux r una pameg i2 010 720. tt tcdcri(1 ,and bank, $3,000,000: to Joint stock land SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Oct. 7 W -' 000. aBJrlcultural credtt Picketing of 13 roods entering Sioux m tlon8 ,594.021; to livestock Falls by county farmers seeking high-I credl. corporatlonSi w,667,822; to er farm produce .prices was Interrupt- rallroad8 $la,798,5B3. Including .5, ed as abruptly today as it was besun railroad receivers. Wednesday, but with a promise tho blockado would be resumed In a few .. .. , Si.;VEN m:KT dav3' . . PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 7 UP) - One in Clearing away huimu piniuio, , a tmj art Bwp tvrnnit heavy timbers and steel cables, used wcre nurt ,n tn suburbaI1 garaen to stop trucks attempting to marker home dl8trlct when a Portiand livestock and grain, lndlvldua. pick- bus loaded wlth commuters, collided with an on truck. James FUllmoa was fatally Injure and his wife, Mrs. James FUUmes suf fered critical Injuries. Their son, Richard, 10 years old, was cut and brul'jcd. - Itrcent Visitors Recent visitors In La Orande were Mr. and Mrs. Mcrrlt Waltz, of Rock Creek, who visited earlier this week with Mrs. Harry Gibson end Miss Lois Woltz. They also called on Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts, at Union. Plans to Ucnuiln Although the convention of the Fifth District of the Oregon Federa tion of Women's clubs closed yester day ofternoon. Mrs. E. D. Towler nlans to remain In La Grande until lntn Frldav evenlne. Several events NATURE CURE HOME Vapor Baths. Body Massages, Colonic Irrigation and General Practice. I)K. MARY E. MAYVHXB Naturopath 2105 East Adams TORONTO Oct. 7 W John Hamp ton, assistant state's attorney for Cook county, Illinois, who was sue cessrul in having Martin Insull, In dicted in Chicago for embezziemcntr lodged in an Ontario Jail, said toda Illinois authorities will bring Samuel Insull, former head of the InBull utilities Interests bock from Europe. FARLEY SAYS G. 0. P. BRINGS UP RELIGION ets explained that the movement was halted temporarily to effect better organization. Bottles as Windows In the Klondike region of the Yukon territory, window glass la difficult to obtain. So prospectors and trnppcrs resort to empty bot tles which they frame into their cnblns as windows. The gloss lets the light In, though making It diffi cult to see through. The space be tween the bottles Is chinked with cement or mud, to keep out wind and snow. Grit Try the Modern Laundry for laundry and dry cleaning. Quality Is our first objective. Modern Laundry PHONE MAIN 77 Let us put your Radio in shape for the coming events of national interest AJ1 work fully guaranteed. Mcdonald elf.ctric co. Phfme Morn 7.1.1 1428 Adams Burns Under Water The bureau of standards says that an acetylene torch can be made to burn under water. It Is, of course. Ignited In the ulr and then intro duced Into the water, where It maintains an atmosphere of steam an.1 carbon dioxide that holds back the liquid water from tho Immedi ate region of the flame. Probably the only rise for such a torcn is in cutting submerged metal which cannot be brought to the surface until the cutting operation Is com pleted. Turkey Modernised Overcoming ancient prejudices nrl traditions, the new TurklBb tovcrnment allowed verses of the Koran, translated into xurkisn ana lung In tho St Sophia mosque at Stamboul, to be broadcast by the nation at StambouL The govern menr nisn hnrl the Darllamentary buildings at Ankara equipped with microphones and ampnners, wnicn not only made the speeches avail able for broadcasting, but transmit led them by wires to the adminis trative buildings nearby. . , ; . (Continued from Page One) Roosevelt's nomination was In some way a reflection upon our candidate of four years ago." Farley told the convention he had Just come rrom the New Lork state convention where "perhaps the two greatest Democrats In the organiza tion, Roosevelt and Smith, had com bined to name the state ticket, head ed by Lieutenant Oovernor Herbert Lehman. Ropublicant counting upon disun ion in tho Democratic party, ho said, had been bitterly disappointed by the results or the New York convention. MILLS SPEAKS ON TARIFF SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 (P) Tho Republican protective tarlfr policy was termed "the cornerstone or Amor lean economio system)" by Secretary of the Treasury OKden L. Mills here last night aa he urged PoclIIo coast I voters to cast their ballots lor ro- TT In a Nutshell Patience Is the greatest of all shock absorber. The only thing yoo can get In a hurry Is trouble. fDjouhl&Adion! BAKING P0WDIER SAME PRICE 'totlcuf AS 42 YEARS AGO You Save in Buying (C You Save in Using KC ECONOMICAL EFFICIENT 3 I 'LIMA R It Y YOU FOR $10,000' I TV i n AN . 'OKSYTII offered to marry JERVIS WKARE on a strictly business basis, cash on delivery. lie needed a bride on 24 hours notice ; she wanted the money, not for herself, but for her sister. To WEARE it was an astounding proposal from a stranger; for NAN it was a cbanca on which she was willing to risk her own happiness, her whole future. This is the story of Nothing Venture by PATRICIA WENT WORTH Both parties expected their strange relationship to end with the "1 do." Neither could foresee the weird chain of events which would make them allies in a fantastic struggle for WEARE's life against an unknown, unseen foe. Here is a story of adventure, romance and mystery, a serial alive with action, racing along a course of thrills and surprises. It vibrates with fascinating excitement and sus pense from start to finish. Starts Monday, October 10 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
