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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Friday, December 22, 1933 Page Two (Incorporated) i Independent hew paper Pbon Main CM B. W. FBSDBUCK8 . .Publisher and General Manager HAROLD kt PINLAT , . Business Manager Published evenings, exception Sunday, ' 1710 Sixto street, La Orande, Oregon. Entered at tbe Fostofflc Of La Grande, Oregon, a Second Clase KaU Matter tinder act of March a, 1879. . - ' :. OPP1CIAL PAPER OP UNION COCNTT AND THB CITY OP LA ORANDE yyirerg OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to um for publication f all sen dispatches ciedlied to It or not otherwise credited U pun llsbed sere. All right of republication of special dispatches to tola paper and alao toe local news herein alao ara reserved. National Advertising Repreaentatlv. H. C. M0GEK6EN CO, Inc. .Baa ftasoUco, Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. Chicago Detroit, Hew York 6CB8CRIPTIOM BATES Br Carrier Dally, on month In idvsnrr- 75c Dally, all montha In advance M Dally, single copy By Mall Dallf, par month In adranca- Delly. per six months In ad ranee , Dally, per year In adrance 60o The Weather. WEATHER POKECAST Orrfon: Tiuettlrd allh acca tonal rala tonight and (wl unlay: Mule chance In temperature; strung sooth eny wind offshore. LOCAL WEATHER Jburaday: Maximum a, minimum is above. Rain .10 of Inch. Cloudy. Today: Minimum li, 1 1. m. 18 snore. Cloudy. LAST WIGHT TIES RECORD FOR WARMTH Hawaii Flight Chief On Flagship crew Best in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret not thy- K.Au.ir.s - I yv- ...V. r MVAonnrAiri in Itto fnr KpeVjnca rf the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. -Psalm 37 : 7 CRIME CAN BE HALTED BY BEING EXPOSED The crime problem, like the jyor, is one of those tiling that always are with us. A preat many citizens have ex pended much honest labor in recent years trying to find out just why and how the underworld manages to get its steady stream of youthful recruits; and often enough some investi gator reports that one big reason is the fact that newspapers give so much space to crime news. This isn't a new charge, to lie sure; but it is heard fairly frequently, and it has bothered a number of high-minded and conscientious folk. An excellent answer Is to be found in testimony given recently before the senate sub-committee on racketeering by Dr. Carleton Simon of New York, associated with the New York police force for the last 35 years, as crim inologist. The task of uncovering the elements that create crime, says . Dr. Simon, "is made greater and more difficult by the vast confusion of public thought" which arises from this, effort to hold newspaper crime stories culpable. . Borne people, remarks Dr. Simon, demand that every medium of lntelll (enoe, education, and entertainment be nude completely harmless to the subnormal mind of the delinquent child. And It does not take tbe doctor long to carry this thesis to It Logical and absurd conclusion. Details of a train vpeck, vividly presented, would be too harrowing for a sensitive adolescent mind. Therefore let tbe press keep silent about aU wrecks on land or sea. Murder stories affect those with strong homicide ten dencies. Therefore let no newspaper ever mention any murder case. , Congressional debates, with their mud nil In Ring and partisan criticism, can give a ohlld a dangerous contempt for political institution. Hence we must hare no more report of the activities of congress, no more exposures of malfeasance In office or of derelictions of duty by public officials. t And Dr. Simon remarks: "A truly comprehensive research of the causes of crime requires a study of every influence, good or bad. brought to bear on our youtb. Heredity, parental guidance and home life, physical Influ ence, association, school and church Influences must all play their part J "We cannot hope to solve the problem of crime In relation to youtb by drawing the curtain down upon crime." ! JOontxtroea Prom Paajr Oral) In checking over the weather rec ords, tbree Decembers stand out as unusually warm, those of 1881. 1325 and 133. The 1891 December found la days with mBTtmnm marks of 50 or higher, lilacs were budding, fall wheat growing rapidly and the ground soaked with moisture a parallel with this month. , While, Eastern Oregon cities experi enced an unusually warm spell, other part of the northwest were suffering ! from heavy rains, nigh wind and floods. Bain here has not been heavy enough to create flood danger. PORTLAND. Dec. 22 ) One of tbe worst" floods In many years for tbe area drained by tbe Willamette and lower Columbia rivers was pre dicted by the weather bureau today. Edward L. well, federal meteorolo gist, warned that tbe unprecedented heavy rains over tbe Willamette val ley are forcing the Willamette Co rise' rapidly. j "There Is nothing to check the rise at the moment he declared. j Tbe vviiiamewe reached a singe ofj 20.7 feet In Portland at 8 a. m. Flood 1 SEATTLE. Dec. 22 (A The green stage Is 18 feet. The river reached the ( est kind of a Christmas, barring un it-foot stage during the floods of last ' expected cold weather, loomed today June, j lor pacific northwest resident In the While there la enotber succession! mtv of torrential rain of storm area heading inland from , and nlgtl gate, and today a new men over the Pacific bringing more ralnj ace to mountain sncorflelds a for tbe Pacific northwest, no etorm i chlnook wind appeared In sight, of particular violence Is expected. Jte- j Hundred of families were home ports from Tease! In the North Pa- j tcm marooned ell over Western ciflc were few today. The wind dlmln-j Washington. Ished on tee coast during the night,! A SCGre dues and towns counted dropping to 27 mile an hour from, ,tw,lA. at acres of land under the south rill. m. today. I ,rater. much of their business and Portland had 2.48 Inches of ralnj residential district more or less during the 24-hour period, a phen- j flooded, and whole river valleys run ocuenal amount In view of the te--j aiog fuU tJ water. The losses were rifle downpours experienced the past m tbe hundreds of thousands ot dol- j week. At Cascade locks one of the' -. and the death list stood at eight. A! 7, :'7f -p EST r Lieut. Commander Knelfler McCinnis (left), who will be in command of the alx-plane flight from San Prancisco to Hawaii, is shows on his "flagtolp," the 10-P-l, receiving Adm. A. W. Johnson, battle fleet aviation officer, at San Diego. With from two to ten feet of water atanrttng In tbe business section of Woodland, about 25 miles north of here, residents of that area, today stood face to face with the worst flood attuaUoa In the history of tbe community. most torrential rams In history oc curred from b p. m. yesterday to 7 a. m. today. In the 14 hours 2 8 Inches of rain fell. ailem had l.M inches of rain, and other cities In the Willamette valley were drenched. The two-story home of the Iver Elde family on Portland Heights was wrecked during the night when a huge earth slide which chopped from a hillside, crashed against It. Other Homes In the district were menaced. Elde 'his wife and smalt son had lust crawled from the building when a "History of the Christmas carol. second elide smashed the building Mrs. Oeorge Blrnle. and moved It 16 feet. "Oh! Come AU Ye Faithful, Many Portland streets were blocked In Eastern Washington, citizens were ready to greet Santa Claus in their shirt sleeves as the mercury climbed to 70 degrees, approaching the all-time heat record of 73 degrees for the month. Community To Sing Carols At Hotel (Continued Prom Page One) audi- by mud slides, and Terwllliger boule vard was closed, Intermittently. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 22 W" and "Plrst Noel" ence. "Silent Night' by male quartet. ,. ; "Away In a Manger", solo. Edward Halley Stonebreaker. age six years. -Hark! Tbe Herald Angels Sing-, audience. "The Holy City." solo by Mrs. A. K. Parker. "O Little Town of Bethlehem", by Mrs. Clarence Kopp's choir of boys. Carols by .the Symphony singers directed by Mrs. Hnsktns. " Twas the Birthday of a King" solo, Paul Knaute. "Joy To The World." audience. Prayer and benediction, Bev. Paul De F. Mort! OPENS NEW STORE I -fa-" n Sri - ,' f! W7 'i-. " .1 e-; i-v r. yr- Max Sarrts, w1k opens m new fnott fetore In ia Grande tomor nr merninf. Jlax R. Sarvis Opens New Store Saturday (Continued Prom Page One) Driver Must Help Stricken Family (Continued From Paje One) as he malntalnt regular month. y pay ments for cupport off Hi. Coombs and the fire surviving minor child pronouncing sentence and par ole. Judge Brand declared that Mc Allister, a Coqullle log scaler, had no criminal Intent, that he apparently s willing to aid In restitution, that the Coombs family was far more In need of financial aid than In ven geance, that the sentence would save; the county tbe expense of support ing the family, and tbe state tbe cost of another prison Inmate, and that Justice to all concerned would be better served. s FOUR RECEIVE FIRST DEGREE jack.. McCtey. Bob. Reuter, ..Bob Helm and Elbert Wattenberg were given the first degree In DeMolay Thursday night at the Masonic hall. A business meeting followed the Initiation. TODAY IN BRIEF, IN AND ABOUND OREGON AS tHBO.VICI.ED BT TUB DAILY LEASED TTIBB OP TUB ASSOCIATED PBESS KITPORT MII.K LAW PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 22 UP Rep resentatives of all divisions of the milk Industry-producers, distributors and dealers, have pledEed support to the state milk control board, created by the special session of the legislature. IIUSTINO HlHItANII BALEM. Dec. 22 UP) The search for her husband who disappeared 17 months ago led Mrs. Henry John to Balem yesterday. Bhe said he had suffered a nervous breakdown. Bhe said she had been informed John was working In this city, and wished hUn to know their youngest child was with her and that the girl and the mother were both anxious to be reunited with him. burn December . Edna Ball sued for 125.250 and Letha Alexander for 11625. PITY LIBRARY PROGRAM FOR THE CHILDREN RAIV VISITS PENDLETON PENDLETON. Ore.. Dec. 22 (7 Rain ere last night brought an end to the violent wind storm which had wept across this part of the state for five days. The rnlnfall amounted to .18 of an Inch, The minimum temnerstura during the night was 53 degrees, C. W. A. EOU WO.MKS SALEM. Dec. 22 W) Marlon county's civil works service program for unemployed women will begin Monday, O. C. Nllea, local CWA ad ministrator announced last night. Projects already approved will em ploy 20 women at repairing books and cataloguing and indexing work at libraries in the county. 6overnl other projects arc under considera tion. HI B PEMII.ETO.N MAS BALEM, Dec. 22 VP) Dr. J. A. IV-st, of Pendleton, member of the stale legislature, is defendant In two damage wits filed in circuit court here yesterday totaling 20.B75, grow ing out of an automobile accident ; on the Pacific highway near Wood- The Christmas nnvnni fnr rhiM rcn at the La Grande public library! win ne neid tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. A great deal of time has been spent by Miss Gertrude Wagon er, children's librarian, ana the other librarians In preparing to make the event a largo and exciting one. A program of songs, recitations and ntorles has been arranged and all the children In La Grande are Invited. EAGLES TO HAVE CHRISTMAS TREE A Christmas program and tree will bo enjoyed by the Eagles and their families tonight at 8 o'clock at tlio Eagles hall. Plans for the event were completed last night when the regular weekly meeting was held at tlie hall. "Tho Luro of the City," a melo Oama, will be presented under the auspices of the Eagles at the hall on Monday evening. Dec. 25. Permanent Waves Includes Shampoo, fflA ffA Ilnlrcut, Flngvrwve 9sttsdU Others td.SO to 5 00 Alwnvn Glut ran trrd CINI)KKKl,I,A HUM I V MUM' If 1 Phone Main 260 RODE'S MARKET SATURDAY SPECIALS 160112 Adams Phone Main 904 X.lL Christmas Specials 14c i6c 25c HEAVY COLORED HENS, lb. HEAVY COLORED 8PIUNOERS, lb. .. BEEP ROAST, strictly jj , steer beef, lb 9L LEAVE YOUR OIIDER POft TURKEYS i SENSATIONAL RAID FATAL ! TO 3 BANDITS i (Continued Prom Page One) TT' thev escaned from Jail at Ottawa, T 1 ! Receivlne a "tip" from an uniden- I tilled informant that the first floor i ! apartment at 1428 Harwell avenue xS i was a hideout for DllUnger and his vii'Ji men. IS picked officers, led by touper ( -I visini- Can tain John Btege swooped 9 j down on the place, posting men with if-.j sub-machine gun at we rear off escape In that direction. Captain .Stage, Sergeant Prank 1 S j Reynolds. Harry Newman ana Harry nil Bingham-remained In front with a V fc-J imim or their men. After one police- ' - I . Mn ttu, Hortr to a I stairs leading to the apartment, Bcr I geant Reynolds. Detective Jack Dawe and Captain Stege, with several others, creos un. The bell of the aoartznent was rung and when the i it door was opened Sergeant Reynolds U. v 3 aoed forward, shouting "We're po- I lice officers, surrender." Instead of doing so the man at the 'door fired tRre tunes, but hit no one Porcing his way In Reynolds dropped his foe with two shots In tbe bead. , Tbe second of the trio of gunmen . also fell before Reynolds' deadly aim, as he stood In the living room, with -two pistols in his hands. He had blazed away blindly at Reyn olds, and Captain Stege and the other policemen, who by this time, were storming Into the place. The third gunman, firing at the policemen as he backed into tbe kitchenette fell wounded before the police bullets, and was finally killed by Sergeant John Daly. A veritable arsenal of guns and ammunition was found In the place, i Captain Stege said he had estab lished a connection the slain men bad with a S100.000 robbery of an express messenger in St. Paul recent ly and wtth tha nttnerto unsoivea pendent Grocers Alliance, which serves 10.000 stores In 43 states and Is tbe second largest buying organiza tion of its kind in tbe country, Mr. Sarvis report. The latest tvpe of meat rusriet equipment has been Installed. In ne of two policemen In Chicago charge of Oscar TJtley. icell known local meat cutter. The bread and pastry department will be in charge of Mrs. Minnie Ains worth, formerly manager of the Dutch Shop. Mr. Sarvis was assisted In tbe In stallation of tbe store by A. T. Mac Math, of Chicago, store engineer for tbe I. G: A. Remodelling of tbe building was in charge of John Geltl huber and the fixtures were Installed by We Id on Vedder, both local con tractors. Meat equipment was In stalled by alesse Roeenbaum and Fred Spaeth. Mr. Sarvis leased the store through H. B. Dixon, he announced. Mr. Sarvis was formerly district manager for tbe MacMarr Stores, and was in la Grande tor three years. during which time he also took an active part In community affairs. Recently he was in Winnipeg, Man., with th Ptggiy-Wlggly stores. who were killed when they stopped to question a number of men riding in an automobile on West Washing ton boulevard several months ago. Large Bull Elk Is : Killed by Small Boy ' (Continued From Page One) morning, all hough the body was still warm. George M. Rogers, state police of ficer was notified. After the viscera was removed the elk was dressed and skinned. The meat was In good con dition and will be distributed to needy families in this section. The Identity of the boy who killed the eak is known, but word has not been received as to what action the district attorney will take. It Is pre sumed tie"ca5e will be taken to Ju venile court. LOCAL BRIEFS Throat Operatlort j. c. Smith, of May Park, under, went a throat operation at the Bouvy hospital recently. , . . From Elfin J Oeorge Chandler, of Elgin, was a visitor In La Grande recently. He received medical treatment at the Bouvy hospital while Here, ; Due Here Tonight ; Miss Jane Oavln, of Portland, exe cutive secretary 'of the Oregon State Nurses association. Is expected to arrive tonight from Baker Where she has spent the past two days on bust ness in connection with the O. 8. N. A. Tomorrow evening she will ' leave for Portland accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Charles Gump, who will spend the holidays In the city. At Wallowa Miss Winifred Platzoader has as her guest at her home at Wallowa, Miss Wanda Berry, of La Grande. Both are students at the Eastern Oregon Normalascnool. Miss Platzoe der la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs! W. H. Platzoedcr. En Route- Home C. S. King, D. Jacobeon and p. Jones, all of Ontario, stopped In La Grande last night en route to their home after attending I meeting of Union Oil representatives In Pendleton. To Spokane 1 Mrs. O. M. Noycs, of La Grande, who has been visiting In -Baker with her son. Ray C. Noyes, has gone ch to Spokane to visit her sister, Mrs. C. J. Morgan. Freshens the mouth v . . V ..Soothes the inroat S Send in. Your Pur Trimmed COATS For Mid-winter CLEANING Our process safely cleans and re stores new life to your garment. ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS 1107 Washington Main TBI m. ! IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME Saturday Only mainmg All Re OXLY ONE DAY LEFT att F AUK'S Last Day Specials PALK'S LAST DAY 6PECIAI YOU JUST SIMPLY WONT PASS UP. 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