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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. . , ; .
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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-
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In a Nutshell
Patience Is the greatest of all
shock absorber. The only thing yoo
can get In a hurry Is trouble.
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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
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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