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.
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KaU Matter tinder act of March a, 1879. . - ' :.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
YOl'R LAST CHANCE
TO SHOP
Price
Dolls - Buggies - Games
Mechanical Toys - Trains, etc.
(All Wheel Goods Excepted)
GIFTS for HER
from the Fashion Floor
Ladles Fine Corduroy f-
Lounging Pajamas
A gift she will enjoy. Especially fine
material. Good selection , (j j nr
of colors , . . tPTCet0
The New 2-Plece
Lounging Pajamas
The newest thing, 2-pc. sets
with slack pants. Latest
trimmings in
blouse
$10.00
A Real Olft
New M wising Ponies
Made of cotton and lyle. A
gift she can appreciate in cold
weather. ( c
Each OUC
Silk Night Gowns
A special buy for GIFTS. Lace trim
mer with the latest in puff sleeves.
This will solve your gift problems;
$2.50 & $2.95 -
Lames'
Gay Mules
Kenther trimmed. Made in France. A
gift every woman :
wants
$1.49
GIFTS for HIM '
From the Men's Store
Men's Flannel Robes
Plain and Striped
If you can't think of anything to give
him. Give a robe. He will fpr
like one ;. tpO iO
A Gift for Boys
Boys Toques
Boys can enjoy winter sports
in one of these fine toques
In reds, black, blue, Qftri
white and orange OtG
Gift In Men's
2-Piece Pajamas
All colore and patterns, with
or without collars. All sizes.
A fine gift to buy fT - r
the last minute.. tpX.OD
Men's Fancy Sweaters
Delightful gifts. Brushed wool. Variety
of colors. Everyone flr Aff
likes them .....;. POti3
The Old stand-by for Lost Day Shoppers
Men's Ties
All patterns and colors.
Large stock to choose from
$1.00
FALK'S
"THE CHRISTMAS STORE"
CLASSIFIED ADS rS 600
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