La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 26, 1933, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextEA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, IX GRANDE, ORE. Wednesday, July 2fi, 1933 Page Four SOeiETYNGTES Coming Marriage of Anne Stange 'And George William Decker Inspiration For Charming Party The coming marriage of Mis Anne BUnge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Aug. J. Btange, and George William Decker, of Los Angeles, was the in spiration for a charming afternoon party at which Mrs. Francis Oreullcn and Mrs. John Larlaon entertained Tuesday to honor the brlde-eleot. Luncheon was served at 1:10 o'clock at an attractively decorated table In the main dining room at the La Orande hotel. White sweet peas and pink rosebuds formed the centerpiece and each place was marked with a corsage aL pink and white sweet peas. Bridge was played at the Oreullch home following the luncheon and the prizes were awarded to Mrs. warren O. Gilbert, first, and Miss Jans Btange, second. Miss Btange was pre' sented with a gift by the hostesses. Guests far the afternoon were Mrs. A. J, Stange, Miss Anne Stange, Miss jane Stange, Mrs. Doyle Zimmerman, Mrs, Bud Baaer, Miss OUrta Ashby, Mrs. Warren Gilbert, Mrs. John Or- mand, Miss Judy Moore, Miss Fonda Hanks. Miss Mildred Stand ley, Miss Bess Duke, Mrs. E. MoManus, Miss Edna Mae Wilson, Miss Mary Gould Parsons, Miss Dorothy Kir by and Mrs. Oscar W smock. . The marriage of Miss Stange and Mr. Decker will be solemnized on August 34 In la Orande, Benefit Pinochle Party Enjoyed Six tables were arranged lot pi' nochle last night at the benefit card party enjoyed by the Women of the Moose following a meeting at the Eagles hall. Prizes ftH cards were pre sented to Mrs, Bessie McOulro and George Stager, first, and Mrs. Prank Patt and Wlula Bailey, consolation. Ice cream and cake were served at the close of the evening. Aug 8 is the date of the next reg ular meeting and last night plans were made to hold a no-hostess card party at the home of Mrs. Mary Peu- erneim on Aug. is. W. B. A. Adopts Resolutions . ; Resolutions to the family of Mrs, Ida Charlton, late district deputy of the Women's Benefit association, and to other, reviews In her territory will be drawn up -by Mrs. Pearl Enterllne, Mrs. Collie Spencer and Mrs. Mas Riley. The committee was appointed last night when the W. B. A. met at the Odd Fellows hall. The next meeting will be hold In two weeks. Mrs. Lewis Wetzel, the president. Is leaving to visit In Spok ane and Mrs, J. P. Caldwell, vice president, will preside In her stead at the next meeting. see..". Coming Nuptials Are Announced Dainty corsages of pastel flowers, Showered with silver hearts and rib bons and carrying the message Aug. S, announced the coming nuptials of Miss Harriet Potter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Potter, of Astoria, and) Millard Robertson, son of Mrs. Nellie Robertson, of La Grande. The an nouncement was made recently at a party at which Mrs. Potter entertain ed for a number of friends of the bride-elect. i Mr. Robertson graduated from the La Grande High school In 1930, Mrs. Mary Yeske Entertains Group Mrs. Mary Yeske entertained the put guardian neighbors of the Neighbors of Woodcraft yesterday afternoon at her home at a card jparty. Bridge and plniochlo were played and the prises In the former were awarded to Mrs. Hazel Graham, first, and Mrs. Christina Duncan, consolation. Mrs. Mary Englund re t SOCIAL CALENDAR J Wednesday. July 26 7:30 Crystal Rebokah lodge, No, 60, I. O. O. P. hall. Thursday, July 27 i Women's day, La Orando ooun- , try club. 2:00 Francis Brown auxiliary, Sons and Daughters of Union County Pioneers, at Riverside park. , Saturday, July 20 8:00 Saturday Night Bridge club with Mrs. J. T. Richardson. "IHEEILIL Starring i ROB'T. MONTGOMEKY WALTER HUSTON MADGE EVANS ROBERT YOUNG JIMMIE DURANTE EUGENE PALL KITE ceived the prisw lor high score at pinochle and Mr, Crowter received consolation. Refreshments were served by the hostess at the close of the afternoon. Mis. Mary Or man will entertain the club on Aug. 6. Rainbow Girls To Have Picnic Members of the La Orande Assem. bly Order of the Rainbow for Olrls will hold a picnic this coming Sat urday, July 28 at Pine Cone. All those who wish to go are asked to call 324W after 7 o'clock this eve ning or Thursday evening and make their reservations. Elect Officers At Auxiliary Meet Mrs. Kate Hartley, Mrs. B. F. Ows ley, Mrs. E. L. Eckley and Mrs. E. E. Hughes will be hostesses at the Fran cis Brown auxiliary to the Sons and Daughters of Union county pioneers tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Riverside park. The election of offi cers will be the main; feature. POST'S PLAN ' ENDORSED BY BUSINESS MEN (Continued From Page One) . The Lions club of La Orande also has endorsed the plan to bring the convention to this city. SMALL FIRE IN LOCAL HOTEL The fire department was called, to the Darland hotel at 2:45 o'clock yes terday afternoon to extinguish a small fire In one of the. 'bedrooms. Damage was slight and no chemicals were necessary to stop the fire. The cause had not been learned this morning. The recall was sounded at 3:35 p. m, First Shipment of Birds is Received (Continued from Page One) own and thus replenish the stock of game birds In Union county. Local sportsmen feed the birds, and local Bportemen built the pens a year ago, making possible tills plan of restock ing the valley with birds. Holding pens also are used similarly at the Union fish hatchery In addi tion to 'the birds that annually are freed In this valley from the Pendle ton farm upon arrival here. A number of local people have stopped at the Pendleton farm re cently, and Georgo Wells, In charge, has expressed appreciation of the In terest shown by the Union county people, and extends a hearty welcome to all. He sold that more people this side of the mountains seemed Inter ested In the game farm than from the Umatilla side of the Blue moun tains. The farm Is raising some 10,000 birds this year, much more than last, and so far, results have been very successful. m Meadow Brook Support Urged by Rep. Pierce (Continued From Page One) man from tlie second Oregon district, urged upon the group tho necessity of giving constant and energetic support to tho Meadow Brook flood control project, which Is being sub mitted to tli federal government for construction under the Roosevelt public works program. Cost of tho project Is estimated at 9600,000 all of which would bo fur nished by Vie govonunont. Rop. Pierce declared tlio project ultimately must bo completed for flood control purposes, and expressed hlmsoir as hopeful of early notion, especially If undivided support Is given by this city and district. Favors Road Development; Tho congressman also urged that Immediate attention bo given to fur thering tho development of the Starkey-Uklah road, particularly since Fondleton intoreAts ore pushing a program for development of tho Pen-dlcton-Uktah road, intending to con tinue It on to Junction with the John Day highway, and thus open a largo now territory to tlie Eastern Oregon cities. If La Orando also connects with tho road, It too would sliore In bonofils or the new arteries of travel from the Central Oregon region. M Bsat Hoke, Boeleir Editor Ttlsphon MsJn too Pntll :B0 , m, CODES TO BE! DRAWN BY FIRMS HERE , (Continued from Page One) . These committees, each acting for Its branch of merchandisers, are to prepare codes and then report back at a meeting of Its group, at which Hma tha mArnVinnfs .i.lll .Itksi. anr.an or amend the code. The coles, of course, will Include a 40-hour max imum week and a mln'mum wage of 16 a week for employes, but the question locally Is to obtain united) agreement among the business men so that all will operate under a unl form plan. Will Display Badges, Signs All employers who sign up under President Roosevelt's NRA. plan will display "Blue Eagle" signs In their stores, and the chief executive has asked the American people to pat ron,lze the placep displaying sucfh signs, as representative or providing a short week with fair living wages to Its employes, and thus helping In the national scheme of recovery. Badges also will arrive for Individual wear. It also Is planned to have a roll of honor posted In the La Orande post office In the near future, and thoBe who enlist In the NRA movement will be named thereon so that the public may know who Is supporting the president In his plan. All La Grande Eager to Aid All La Orande Is eager to do 'Its part In the NRA plan, reports indi cate, and through the action taken by the retail merchants division, uni form and prompt participation Is as sured, Other Industries In La Orande such as the sawmills, the railroads, whole sale houses, etc., will draw up their own codes, probably operating under state and national association codes. Many such codes already are near completion. - All who display NRA signs or badges must first sign an agreement with the president before they are eligible to receive same, and the NRA Blue Eagle 1b proof that the store, Industry or individual Is doing Its or his part to bring back a measure of prosperity. McAllister Explains Plans For Pipeline (Continued from Page One) Rotnrlans this noon with a group of vocal soIob. She was accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Merlin Batley. The club formally approved the p'an of the local post of the American Legion to Invite the state legion con vention to La Orande In 1035, and appointed Harley Richardson and Snap McManus as a special commit tee for co-operation In legion con vention matters. The Rotnrlans also voted to accept the challenge of the Lions club' to play an Indoor baseball game next month. WILEY POST CHEERED BY NEW YORKERS (Continued From age Ono) York casta on! all Its heroes. Police estimated tho battery crowd at approximately 20.000 and Uio street was Jlned with watchers all the way to city hall park, where anoUier great crowd waited. Twelve hundred uniformed police lined Broadway to keep tho path clear lor the Post parade. President Roosevelt will receive Post at tlie White Houso late today. The running board of Post's opwi automobile was covered with tiny parachutes blown by tlie crowds from blow plpos. Because of the Injuries suffered In their crackup at Bridgeport, Conn., Captain James MoUlsan and his wife. Amy Johnson, transatlantic fliers, were unablo to be present. Imprisoned in the county Jail at St. Joseph, Mo., Ous Pusateri, alleged liquor vender, had tho bars palmed silver and his cell dono over in rod and wlUto lacquer. WALLOWA VALLEY STAGES Direct to Wallowa, Enterprise, Wallowa Lake from UNION PACIFIC STAGE DEPOT 10:30 A.M. 5:15 P. M. Reduced Fares Scenic Highway Careful Drivers Express .Carefully Handled ac NOW PLAYING at the MAY PUT UP BIG SIGN ON RESORT ROAD (Continued From Page One) Paclflo Northwest, chamber of com merce directors ut a meeting Tuesduy moved to Investigate the possibilities or erecting a large sign at the Junc tion of Die Old Oregon Trull and La Uramle-Wallowa Luke highways, and uIko to lnvestlgnte the poNHlhllltles of obtaining more publicity over the nation for the Wallowa, district through use of .outdoor magazines. other periodicals and In other wuys. , It was proposed by Interested per sons that an electrlcaly illuminated sign, of large proportions, be placed at Attains avenue and Hemlock street, carrying in easily distinguished let ters the message that La Orande Is the gateway to the Wallowa lake country, the Switzerland of America. It was pointed out that similar methods are used by cities adjacent to the Yosemlte national park, and that these California cities, through such publicity, reap annually tro' mendous benefits from tourist travel going into this famous playground and scenic spot. Huperlor to Yosemlte It was further stated that, as has often been remarked by those who have visited both places, the Wallowa country's natural beauties far exceed those of the more widely known Yose mlte. Rep. Pierce, deeply Interested in development of this natural vacation land, Is In Wallowa county today in vestigating the road development in that district, also the possibilities of through highways Into that country irom La orande, Baker, etc., that would make the "Switzerland of America" more accessible to the motorist. He also Is Investigating tne plans for roads Into the Snake river country east of Enterprise and Wallowa lake, to the world's deepest gorge deeper and more majestic than the Orand Canyon of the Colo rodlo. Undoubtedly, whenever this scenic gem Is made available to or dinary travel, many thousands of tourists will enter the region an nually. Rep. Pierce is firmly of the belief that it will not bo long until the Wallowa country will become a na tional park. PAULINE STOOP IS RECOVERING Miss Pauline Stoop, former editor of the Elgin Recorder, is recovering from an operation which she under went Saturday at the Grande Ronde hospital. Miss Wllma Stoop, of Portland, graduate of the La Grande High school, is in the city caring for her sister. Mrs. Ida Gordon, .of Elgin, another sister, also has been a fre quent visitor here. jv Skilled, experienced auto mobile electricians working In an up-to-date, adequate ly equipped shop assure your car's electrical system being perfectly repaired here. ILXDCAIL Fin hi ii sj Trip George Bugg and Charles Catching spent the past three days fishing at Vincent and returned yesterday with a good catch, . Returns ( Mrs. Mark Jenkins, nee Eleanor Glass, returned yesterday to the J. A. OosklU home near Allcelifter spendr lng the past week visiting Miss Dorothy Klrby in La Orande. She expects to visit for a while with Mrs. Lantta Flerson at the Gasklll home before returning to Portland. Attends Funeral Vaae R. King left last night for his home in Oakland, Cel., after at tending the. funeral Sunday of his mother, Mrs. Denver P. Charlton. Mrs. King and daughter, Gertrude, will remain here until the lost of the week. Visitor Today ' Miss Jessie Hosklns was a business visitor In La Orande today. Mrs. Hosklns makes her home In Baker but Is frequently In La Orande dur ing the winter months where she gives vocal lessons. Half of E. 0. N. Term Will End on Friday (Continued from Page One) The second half of the Normal school term will open tomorrow and continue through Friday, with Miss Helen Moor, registrar, in charge. . Examinations for the first session will begin tomorrow noon and con tinue through Friday morning. The summer term has been a busy one with several plays presented by the play production class, musical assemblies, and weekly social activi ties the majority of the latter being picnics. In the training school, programs have been arranged for the closing of the term to summarize the work. A series of teas are being given In each of the rooms to which the parents will be Invited:. . TO FIGHT RACKETEERS WASHINGTON Joseph B. Keenan. Cleveland lawyer, has been appointed as assistant U. S. attorney-general, with specific duties to direct the gov ernment's efforta to quelL the activi ties of organized crime. 1 I l.lll,ifrr l,.,,.,, "-neither strong enough, nor safe enough, nor quiet enough for the body of a quality car like CHEVROLET There builds: That's the type which every test and every experiment and every experience has proved to be. tlie safest, strongest, and best.' Not steel alone, because steel alone is not enough. But a Fisher body of steel reinforced by hardwood 1 The same kind of construction used on practically all the highest -priced cars in America. . v. Chevrolet well knows that steel alone has one distinct advantage: it's cheaper. Steel also is strong up to a certain point. BUT beyond that point, steel alone will bend and crumple under severe stress or shock. It takes the strength and supporting solidity of a hardwood reinforcement to give you the full protection and full satisfaction you want in a motor car body today. If you're thinking of buying a new low-priced car, better watch this matter of bodies, and watch it carefully. Insist on steel reinforced by hardwood! Fortunately, the only low-priced car with this preferred type of body is also the only car with a proven valve-in-head six; with Fisher Ventilation; Cushion-Balanced Power; a Starterator. That car is Chevrolet America's most economical automobile. CHEVROLET MOTOR LARISON - FREES CHEVROLET CO. Phone Main 2 . v . . 1414 Adams Ave. EDQDIEIFjr 12,000 REPLY TO HIS "NEW DEAL" APPEAL (Continued i.om Page Onet not battle grounds, but were "places for public spirited people to try to arrive at something without doing violence to anyone and see if we can reach some median way to meet the situation.'1' Tomorrow, five million agreement blanks, asking volunteer pledges of higher wages and shorter, hours for all workers, will be laid on the desks of American business and tradesmen. "Nothing can stop the president's program 1" Jrjhnson exclaimed last night In a national address. Meantime, the recovery administra tion showed deep solicitude towards preventing friction between capital and labor. Reports of strikes, actual or threatened, and of widespread dis charges of union sympathizers caused both Johnson and his chief counsel, Donald Rlchberg, to advise against "sniping and suspicion" and unfair activity by either side. Rlchberg, outstanding champion of labor's causes, moved to quiet work er's fears by assuring them that the Industrial law's guarantee of right to organize could not be modified by any code, that companies would not be permitted to prescribe unions limited to their plants and that it was only .Just, now that concerns may bind themselves in industrial groups, that their workers should likewise organ ize throughout each trade. Roosevelt Signs Shipbuilding Code WASHINGTON, July 26 (P) Presi dent Roosevelt today signed the wage Increasing and hour shortening code' of the shipbuilding and ship repair ing industry. It calls for a maximum work week of 32 hours for. shipbuilding for the government and 36 hours over a six months period, - or not more than 40 In any one week, for other ship building andi repairing. . Under South Carolina law eggs fall into three classes South Carolina eggs, shipped eggs and cold storage is only one type of body construction which' ' Chevrolet will permit on the chassis of COMPANY; DETROIT; MICHIGAN DANA AGREES TO ACCEPT POSITION PORTLAND, Ore., July 20 W Marshal N. Dana, who yesterday re ceived from President Roosevelt the appointment as regional advisor for tl.A fifth district of the DUbllc works administration, announced today that he had advised tne presicenc -1 am honored to accept the appointment, and I am ready for duty and await directions." , Headquarters for the district, which Includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, will be In Portland. WASHINOTON. July 28 (P) Offi cials of the public works adminis tration expected today to have ready for announcement Bhortly the names of members of the state advisory boards. . Oil Code Hearings Are Closed Today WASHINGTON, July 26 W Hugh S, Johnson, the industrial adminis trator, ended three days of hearings on an oil case today by Informing the nation's oil leaders that the in dustrial recovery administration would write for submission to them a code for the production and re fining end of the business. Aimee Hopeful Her Trouble May Be "Patched Up" BALTIMORE, July 26 W Almee Semple McPherson Hutton, tlie evan gelist, said a reconciliation with her husband, David Hutton, would surr prise her "for less" than did his di vorce action. ' ' y Resting In her hotel "hcrel after dis embarking from the. City of Havre, the liner in which she returned from Europe, she said that "to this min ute, the divorce is hard to believe." She said today that any acton she takes will be governed toy what the members of her Angelus temple in Lod Angeles decide. If they want her5 to fight Hutton's divorce suit, she will fight it; if they want compromise or - surrender, she will comply with their wishes. the cars it ' 445 mi Dricft . a. b. 0ttm. tow dctirrred I IS Jfe NIEDERER FINED; LICENSE REVOKED La Von Nlederer, arrested and charged with driving an automobile while under the Influence of Intoxl. eating liquor, was fined (100 and sentenced to 30 days In the county Jail yesterday afternoon by Judye L. Denham in the court of the Justice of the peace. He pleaded guilty. Nlederer was arrested shortly after midnight on Monday by state police. If his fine is paid the Jail sentence will be suspended, It was announced. About one-half the fine had been paid .today. His driver's license is automatically revoked for ono year by the secretary of state. I'OKTLANI) WHEAT ' UP FIVE CUNTS Continued rrom Page One) thoso In this country but no business is suggested. LOCAL WHEAT 00 CENTS Tho prlco of cash' wheat in La Orande totltrv was quoted at 60 cents. TO ENCOURAGE THItHT WASHINGTON With Instructions to organize Federal Savings and Loon associations throughout the country In order "to encourage thrift and home financing," Prank A. Chase, of Miami, Flo., has been appointed di rector of the field service of tho home loan bank board. Berry . Hallocks Get Them at the.. Home Lumber & Coal Co. Phone: Main 17 . J2 J to S65 Flint. Mir-h.s c. prices nd OVAf, A, C. trtm 6"