La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 18, 1934, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPasre EigH EA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. EA GRANDE. ORE. Friday, May 18, 1934 ANGELS INCREASE LEAD AT EXPENSE OF MISSIONS 4-1 Baseball Standings tt'oat Leaf ue Standing W. L. Pet J Loa Angers 34 11 .754 i Mission 30 1 .652 j Hollywood 24 19 JUt I San Francisco - 24 20 .MS i Sacramento - 20 24 .444 O ilcUnl - 18 23 .422 13 30 .303 .23 I llr The AftAoriitcd Prrf Closely contested aeries throughout Seattle the Pacllle Coa league appeared the j Portland 12 29 rule today as every team except Hoi ljrwood and the San Francisco Heals continued to alternate victory and defeat. Los Angeles Increased Its lead to , five lull games at the expense of the j second place Ben Francisco Missions, j handing Clarence Mitchell, veteran ipltoaller, his first defeat In eight; star. this season. The score 4-1. The Hollywood Stars won thslr sec ond st.ralg.it game against the Seals. 12 to 2, succeeding them in third place by half a game. Sam Gibson, ce hurler of the Seals, was driven to the showers In the third, Inning. ' The Beanie Indians won from the fiaeramento Senators, 8 to 6, after the Senators had piled up a four-run lead fn the first Inning. Leo Fltterer, who releaved Howard Craghead on the Indian mound in the second In ning, allowed the Senators only five hits and (wo runs for the rest of the route. A ninth Inning rally brought Oa -land two ruru and a 3 to 2 victory over Portland. The OaJca were held scoreless until the sixth Inning. YeseTda) ' Heult At Oakland 3. Portland 2. At Leu Angeles 4. Mission 1. At Kan Francisco 2. Hollywood 12. At Seattle 6, Sacramento 6. Amerttan league Bunding W. L. Pet. New York - 17 7 .703 Cleveland 12 DtutXt 13 11 Philadelphia - - 12 12 Washington .. 12 14 St. Louis - 10 12 Boston 11 14 Chicago 7 15 TeoterdaV Hesults At Chicago 7, Philadelphia 2. At Detroit 6, New Yorx 4. At Cleveland 14, Washington 4. At St. Louis 4. Boston 3. National luxue htandlnes .471 .442 -400) .482 .444 .440 J1S SIMON GIVES POSITION' ON JAPAN, CHINA (Continued from Fags onsj W. L. Pet. Chicago 18 8 .879 Pittsburgh 15 8 .662 Bt. Louis 14 10 .615 New York 16 11 MS Boston '3 12 0 Brooklyn - 10 14 .400 Philadelphia 7 IC .301 Cincinnati 5 19 309 Yesterday's Results At Brooklyn 2. Pittsburgh 1, ten! Innings. At New York 6, Cincinnati 3. At Boston 3. Bt. Louis 6. At Philadelphia 3. Chicago 10. Northwest Track Meet This Weekend Seattle Indians Playing Before Larger Crowds SEATTLE M Seattle's Pacific coast league baseball attendance la assured for the season. It's like this. Seattle's baseball plant burned down a couple of years ago and the Indians moved to the civic stadium, constructed primarily for football. - Uncomfortable seats, bad plays on the skinned diamond and a poor team kept the fans away last sea son. Because of lack of funds nothing " ..aj a.wJW . . mSff- Fcw dual meet have been held thl year upon which to compare strength of the competing teams. Is, reprisal against treaty rlolatlons) in specific cases ahouid the United States as well as other nations In terested agree to it forma 11 jr. "Keveitheless said Sir John, "it must be recognized that a policy of sanctions cannot be set up like a bottle of medicine for dosage where and when it is needed. This la a matter necessitating the full review of each Individual cam and, before action by any power of this nature Is l&ken. all Interested m.iat formal ly agree," Simon reaffirmed Great Britain's desire to reach an agreement at Geneva on disarmament and said Great Brltal already has cent an i example In the reduction of arms and now It Is up to other nations to follow suit. Charges that Japan Is planning to carve out of Chinese territory a "Manchukuo number two" were made by Sir Stafford Crippa during the debate. Asserting that Great Britain through "vacillation and weakness of policy" Is helping Japan's hand In China, he suggested the cooperation of Brit ain, Russia and the United States in a program aimed at halting Jap- , anese expansion In the Par East, j Women on Triyl In Kidnap Case VOTERS MOVE SLOWLY TO I THE POLLS (Continued Prom Page One) partisan ballot for election of two supreme court Justices and 12 circuit Judges. FOREST OROVE. Ore.. May 18 Northwest conference track and field stars irathered here today to make their annual assault on records and to vie for the championship. College of Puget Sound rs the de fending champion. Its well-balanced team winning last year when a num ber of new records were set. Up wards of half a dozen records have L.aus in the role of old "CWA." The sratlne arrangement was to be Chang, ed and the diamond fixed up with sod. Everything was progressing nice ly until CWA ran out of money and quit In the middle of the Job, mak ing It worse than ever. What was to be done? Well, busi ness manager, Bin Klep per. utepped In. ordered a flock of posses printed, talked the CWA employes Into going back to work for the ducats one for each hour of labor and the 1i.lt WM finished. School kids did the painting for more passes and free rhot-dogs." and season tickets were given away for tools and ma'erlal. , Eo. for Just; about the rt-it of the afe'on. the Seattle Indians should plsv before bigger crowds than usual. SHOOT CROWS, TRAPS SUNDAY La Grande Oun club members ex pect to spend the time from 7 to 9:30 s. ro. Sunday shooting crows, and then will go to the Lone Tree grounds for a prsctlce trap hoot. Two profes sionals. Earl Price, of the Dupont Co., and H. Kuhlman, of the Remington Co . are to attend the trapshoot. PURE ICE Delivered dally at your door Prompt and courteous service.' C. E. SHEWMAKER ICE SERVICE Orande Horde Parkin Pl.nt or phone Main 380 or 911 MAKANVIl.LE HAH OPERATION ROCHESTER. N Y , May 18 'M Walter J. "Rabbit" Maranville. game little second haseman of th Boston Braves, was reported to be "resting comfortably" today following an op eration yesterday afternoon to facili tate knitting of an imperfectly healed broker, bone In his left leg. Portland. Ore.. May 18 M While statisticians predicted a 40 to 60 per cent vote, the Oregon electorate to day quietly wrote the conclusion to huge volume of campaign "litera ture" which had urged the nomina Por 12 hours, from 8 a. m. to 8 o'clock tonight the 461.014 registered voters of Oregon had their opportun ity to act In today's statewide nom inating election. In addition to the usual Republican and Democratic tickets for governor. three congressmen, secretary of state and other offices, there was a large non-partisan ballot for election of Judges, and a list of five referended Items, the most lmpotant of which was a proposed 1 per cent state sales tax for relief of financially dis tressed elementary schools. Th rnmnftttrn una h mil 7 tit tn a rousing conclusion last night as can didates, striving to bring Interest to Its highest pitch, fired the last volley at the ballot markers. With the return of legal liquor, there came, too, a return of the old law banning sale of auch liquor on election day. All state liquor stores and agencies were ordered to remain closed today, and in Portland the anti-alcoholic rule was applied even to beer, in order that the x-markers might function with a clear head and a steady hand. In Multnomah county (Portland) It was predicted today's vote would be about 60 per cent of the registra tion, although the county clerk said the Democratic vote might run as high as 60 per cent because of in terest In the Democratic nomination for governor. I DILLINGER'S .; HAND SEEN INBANK JOB (Continued Prom Page One) linger Is believed to have hidden In the mine. t The Dubuque (Iowa) Herald Tele graph, with a similar report of the finding of the hideout, said confir mation had come from Melvln H Purvis, chief of the Chicago office of the federal bureau of investigation. but at Purvis headquarters it was said InformaUoa on the confirmation was lacking. , The Telegram -Herald also reported tnat tne agenia had found the farm house where Edward O. Bremer, kid naped St. Paul banker, had been held prisoner. The house is situated no: far from t..e abandoned mine. Pre vloua reports had linked the Dllllng- er mob with the 1200,000 "snatch" of Bremer. . Bonus Marchers Parade in Capital WASHINGTON, May 18 VP anouiaenng roughly lettered ban ners demanding payment of the bonus, 660 marchers swung past the White House. Tattered veterans and a few women joined in Washington's third bonus march In as many years. Their placards Indicated they had assembled from all but half a dozen states. It was an orderly march. VerhoyanAk. Siberia, the coldest Inhabited world. la known as spot In the $Q95 CLOSE-OUT EXCEPTIONAL VALUES Ladies' Spring Coats Out they o! These fine spring coats that were form erly priced $13.95 to ?22.50. Sizes 18 to -lfi. Only 11 couts in stock so come curly for better choice. Every Ladies' SWEATER Reduced in Price ReR-ular Values $1.19 and $1.49 now Regular Values $1.95 to $2.29 now Federal Deficit Over $300,000,000 98c $t.49 An assortment of heauliful sweaters at prices that every girl and lady will want more than one. Sizes 32 to .10. ALLEN-A HOSIERY 79c Here is a graduation gift for the girl that w ill he appre ciated. We carry a complete stock of sizes and shades in semi-chiffon and semi-service weight. MewYoRK rb TD RE WASHINGTON, May 18 (P) The Federal deficit for the fiscal year which ends Juno 30 today had parsed three and one-half billions. On Way 19, Just alx weeks from the close of the fiscal year, expenditures exceeded receipts by 3,506,709.223. Original budget estimates forecast i deficit on June 30 of 7,300,000.000. i American League i B. H. E. New York 8 13 0 Detroit 10 15 2 Batteries: Huffing. Smythe and Dickey; Mxirberry, Auker. Hogsttt Fischer and Cochrane. National League B. H. B Chicago 9 12 4 Philadelphia 6 11 0 Batteries: Bush and Hartnett; Hol- ley. Hansen. GrabowskI, Pearce and Wilson. Todd. ' Ijjf Guarantee Mutual Life Company or Omaha, In (he lUle of Nebraska, on th 31t day of lJt:mtfr, 1933, mail to the Ifisurnm-e commissioner of the Ut of Ore kuti, uriuitut to Uw; Int-omr, Total premium Income for the Intf ft- . dlvider.ii, nd renta efrom other ourte re- S 3.293.397 It 651 1 eel v l during the year. KH.lOfl 58 j Tital Income 1 . 079. 4 &3 . 4S 1 Dlvburventente. f Paid for loin, endowments, ! (in nun in and surrender l Dividend p!d to policy. huld- er durir,t the yrr 14 223 45 Ciramii:nns and ai.irie pld ilurlnc tti year 6 99.1 M 13 ' Tiui, m-tr.ifj Ar.d fees paid d..rir. the year 10(.13. I Amount of ail other expendl- t u R60 T78 93 Tula! epnditurea ( 4,013.091 ftS t'hhit of re1 estate owned I 1.038.2AS 70 IKHICS owr.rd t. lateral. Premium Cah in bt and murtsaxt and col- nd j-o Iky and i i hfid Tt(d and drrM-t ;re rnlum . . . . er"t and rents due and iti-rued , , . 8.i7,e9J.70 j 2,103.94 15 J 3.519.7M 42 j 7Sl,6i9 (J 3W.578 M ' Jl.7,V7)2 n I Total ajsel Non a tmltled Admitted 16.618.7t' 65 UabllHlra, NM reserve I3.24 235 3S tiross o.itn for losses unpaid. M Tifl CHi All other liabilities,. l.OSS.SM 67 Total liabilities, except csp- "1 m 2?ft.3H ;;: Surplus over all liabilities 1 1.118 3S8 63 Tot' lVl,70e"s3 HumlneiM In Orrcua for 4b Year. Oroet nrem'tims received dur- inB the year f 151.807 03 rrem turns aid dividends r- 93 "fl IV7S4.04 Ct". IIA.NTKK SU'TI'.al, Mlf, (OMTWV J. C BVFFINOTON. Prea. R E LANODON. Sec. StaHilory resident attorney (or Mrvtc Qko 1-uiitr. Pwrtisnd, vr, turnrd dtirini- the year.... lJies paU durini the yt-ar. These two women are on trial in Sioux Falls, S. D., In the closing act of the sensational kidnaping case of Charles Boettcher of Denver, freed for 60,00? ran-' sor Above is Mrs. Eivina Koh ler and below is Mrs. Verne San key, sister-in-law and widow, re spectively, of the plot leader who killed himself in Jail. look Resigns As U. S. Commissioner CLOSE SOMEWHAT' HEAVY IN MARKET NEW YORK. May 16 OP The stock market lost most of its Inflationary enthusiasm today and prices yielded : most of their yesterday's substantial gains under the quiet profit taking. While some of the metals were under pressure mew; declines were held to a point or less. The close some wlist heavy. Transfers approximated 950.000 shares. , Closing figures Include: Air Reduc 87 Al, Chem. and Dye 134 American Can , 94 American T. and T. . U5fi Bethlehem Bteet ... 35 J. I. Case ji 61 Chrysler 39?i Col. G. and E 12H j Continental Can - 75 General Motors 33 ' Johns Manville . : 46 Uboey-O-Ford , 31 Liggett and Myers B. .- 94 Montgomery ward , 95 Nat. DlsUU 35H J. C. Penney 50 Pub. Ser. of N. J 36 Scuthern Pacific 22'4 finr i r. n nriivaT " Mar July srtpt. rHIMQQ WHSKT Open men L"w CIom . .91 MUi .9'4 .!4 . JHtflsaSl.4 .0, .. 9's Ia7 . July CnlCAQO CORN . .48 4!l'i Al AHi . J0's? r' ' &H 30 s M OO; common and medium, 2.00 , M SO. Hogs: 400; steady, good, choice, M.50 V 4; medium weight, good, choice, medium weight, good and choice. 13.60'i 94.00; heavyweight, good and choice. 13.10 a $3.75: packing sows, medium and good, e2.35i3.00: feed er and stoclcer pigs, good and choice. 2 25 a S3. 50. Sheep: 500; steady. Spring lambs, good 7.75 m se.2j: me. dlum, W.50si t6.75; lambs, good .and choice. W.50 7.0O; common and medium, $5.00iji S6.00; yearling weth ers, M.75 6.00; ewes, good ana choice, $2.25 a 13.00; common and medium, 75cia2.50. 32 S 42 S St. Oil ot Cal. . St. Oil ot K. J. union Paciric 121 United Aircraft 2114 United Corp 5 U. S. Indus. Alco. 404 V. S. Steel 2i CONVICTS HELD GUILTY' 1 WAX.LA WALLA, Wash.. May' 18 Wi Five state penitentiary In mates were convicted of Ilrst de gree murder here today by a su perior court Jury far the slaying of Herbert L. Briggs., p guard, In the Lincoln birthday riots. The Jury did not ass: the death pen alty. Eight convlcts'were killed In the break. JUNIOR PLAY IS STAGED AT HIGH SCHOOL (Continued Prom Psge One) and "AndanteCantabile" (TsctuUkow sky). Miss Kathryn Sartaln directed "Lil ies of the Field" snd Mr. Loney had charge of the music. Elbert Watten. burg and Knox Parker were business managers, and Royal Denning. Bobj "VuJ emu morris IWfKnKQ, STago managers. . Ray Kelley was electrician, Gilbert Sttln property manager, Irma Klinghammer costumes, Lavelle Han na and Irene Oeiger prompters nd Mildred Brock. Sylvia Hodgln and Lillian Schubert handled the make trp. , WASHINGTON, May 18 Dr. George P. Zook resigned today as United States commissioner of edu cation effective July 1. John Ward Sudebaker, superintendent of schools of Des Moines, Iowa, will succeed him Sept. 1. Zook, formerly of Akron, declined three weeks ago to accept an appoint ment as president of the Unlverslty 01 lowa. He will become director of the American Council of Education. The number of horses on farms continued to decline In the last year although aba less rapid rate than In recent years, the department of ag riculture reports. Ratification of Aims Control Asked By F. R. continued Prom Page One) shipments to the wvjring: nations of Bolivia and Paraguay, but It was be lieved the president sought the treaty ratification to Join In that enort. Mr. Roosevelt also urged that the world disarmament conference re convening on May 29 set up author ity "for the supervision and control of the traffic In arms much more faV reaching than those which were embodied In the convention of 1925" which Is now before the sen ate. The president further wholeheart edly endorsed the senate Investiga tion into tne manufacture of arms and munitions proposed by Senator Nye (R., N. D.) He promised close cooperation with the Investigating committee. GENEVA. May 18 W Maxim Ut vlnoff, Russlsn commissar for for eign affairs, arrived here unexpect edly today to consult with league of nations leaders on the question of disarmament and possibly the soviet union s entry Into the league. The arrival of the Russian diplo mat created a sensation in league circles deeply discouraged over the apparent Impasse In moves toward an accord on arms. PORTLAND PKODITE PORTLAND. May 18 JPi Butter- Prints. A grade. 1 22 4 c; parchment wTapper. cartons 23 'Ac; quantity purchases c lb. less; B grade, parch ment wrappers, 21c; cartons 22lc. Butterfat Portland delivery, A grade, delivered at least twice week ly. 20c; country routes, 17c lb.: ,B grade or delivery fewer than twice weekly. Portland, 18c; country routes, 15c: c gradeat market. Ejss Pacific poultry producers' selling price: oversize, 19c; fresh ex tras. 17c; standards ISC; mediums 15c dozen. 1 (Cartons 1 cent higher). Buy ing price of wholesalers: fresh spe cials, 17c; extra 15c; extra mediums 14c; medium firsts. 11c; pullets 11c; undergrades 11c dozen. Country meats Selling price to ! retailers, vealers 90-100 lbs., 7"4fc8c lb.: others unchanged. Strawberries Oregon, 24c. Gold Dollar. 90c (i SI . 00; Improved Oregon. 1.0O1.23 crate. SOMH KKf'ESSION NOTED NEW YORK, May 18 tlfi Signs of business recession were noted today In the weekly trade review of Dun & . Bradstreet, Inc. I "Droughts, unseasonable weather, undetermined outcome of pending ! legislation and curtailed operations In i many Industries have left In their . wake Instability of prices and a less insistent demand for merchandise, ac- i ccmpanied by the gathering of labor ! clouds over some of the chief centers 1 of production," the review reported. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND. May 18 W) CatUe: 100. calves 60; steady. Steers: good common and medium. S3. 75 16.50; heifers, common and medium, N.25 3 5.50; cows, good common and medium. W.OO (4.50; low cutter and cutter. $1.75 $3.00; bulls, good and choice. 3.50 $4.00; cutter, common and medium, $2.75 ta 13.50: vealers; good and choice, S4.50 r$6.00; cull, common and medium, S2.00sr$5 50: calves, good and choice. 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