Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, January 01, 1932, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPugg Tw6 THT! ETTQENB WTSOTSTER-flTTAgP JJamiarr T tn. I -Willi ' Mil WIFE IN Th PM grocery lw t tJi ornfr of Thirteenth vnu anil Wllamett (itroet robbed of fcbout 128 t o'clock Thursdsy night when lone unmasked ban dit ordered 0. 0. Pane, the pro prietor, and hl wife to "stli em up" at th point of a revolver. Mr. and Mrs. Page were count ing the cash and were about to cloee the atore for the night when abort, dark complexion man xntcrfd, and poking bis gun Into Mr. Pnge'a rlln ordered him and Ma wife to put up their bands. He then took all the cash In eight exceot the nickel! and dimes and the checks and disappeared to ward the east on Thirteenth ftvenue. Officer Claire Larson of the cltv nollce. who responded to a ceil from the store, which Is only two blocks from the police sta tion, arrived two or three minutes after the holdup but found no trace of the robber In the vicinity. Ho wns walking when lant seen by Mr. and Mrs. Page, but he may have had a car parked further out on Thirteenth avenue, la me belief. The money taken waa mostly In silver dollars, halves and quarters. There wns also a II bill and a f5 bill. The nickels and dimes loft In the cash rogislor amounted to 12 or 3. The robber was described aa being about 8 feet 6 Inches tall, his age 82 to 95, weight about 135, and he wore a dark coat and H hickory shirt open at the top. ' The annual congregational muting et tbe M'tnany Erangtliral rburrti ws held Thursday, New Tear's eve. Officers of the Sunday school elected were aa follows! D. B. Tronrt, re-elected superintendent : raul Hlslar aaatatant superintendent; Miss Huth Colemsn, secretary; Miss Elinor Ylnlch, assistant necrcfary; Paul Fisher, treasurer. Frank Foa was re-elected a truitee of the church. Iter. O. 8. Derfstreiier, pastor, pre, aided at the meeting. AriHraa.Ma lvti ft thft lowing! A. R Blalar, on the history of the church; 1). II, Trout t on the ? resent; Miss t'olmian on Hie fu lire: Georie Stvlneit. the eniniclls tic possibilities of the present; Paul Ciller, sneaking on as essen tially different frnro St A. I. and do tlie oirrerences, ir any, involve any change In the presentation of the Gunnel. Following the business meeting of ttie cliurcu, there ws a watch nlglit service from 11 to 12 o'clock, old. Bight. Local Milk Price At Yet Unchanged With announcement from Portland that the sliding scale of f2.10-fV.'J5 naa neen men tn the milk controvcr sr of that cltv, offlolals of the Eu, erne Milk Producers' asnrlatlnn atat. ed Friday morning that they did net look for any change In the schedule Here ror the preaent. hen Informed of the declalnn from Portland. Elmer Harlow, prealdenf of the local ffrnnp. said he doubted If there would be any chants here. Prices In Eugene at preaent are 12.25 paid to producers on four per rent market milk. It la nndaratnnd that In the "big three" of distributers In Eugene, one has sought tn get a lower price, due to preaent stressing ennonione. Put that the other two hare made no more to chauge the preaetn price. The neit general meeting of the producers here Is January 18, al thnush there may be a meeting of the directors before then. Potter Street Haa Holiday Decorations TTnllday street decorations alont Potter street hare letereatrd manj (liroiichout the rltr. Kach year the realilenta on Potter make a special effort to make their atreet attract. Ive at the Chriaimas season. Moat of the trees along the atreet are fired up with many colored Hthts, while manv of the koines bars lighted wreatha anil other lishted holiday dec orations in the windows. Among homee ali'iit the atreet dec orated are those of Mr. and Mr. Jul ian Sutter. Mr. and Mra. I. IV Pierce, Or. and Mrs. V. K S.ltwerlng, Mr. and Mra. Floger Itatl.v, Mr. ami Mr., It. A. Theda. Mr. and Mra. Allrt IV AiipWate. Mr. and Mra. J. P. Chris tie. Dr. and Mrs. Ilsrrr fi. Tlibot, Mr. and Mrs. J. nMcKinley. 3 More Accident Bring Total to 724 Three more traffic accidents Tate Thursday brought the total for the far In Pog'ne up to 7"4. accord ing to records et the tily police beadiaiartera. Kerenty-eight arrldente occurred on the strrels In IWemner, l,"ms one more than during November, which as mid tu hare keen the roi-ord for any one month prerloun te Iteceinher, Mornintr News Buys Local Weekly Paper The Eugene Morning News tias nought the huslne.a end circulst Mwtpfr, ftml fh hitttr tta ran,.,) umMUfn-n, n nnminred Vrid rtNf liitfnn ,itk .f ... t bis 1olr.nl the local teas Halt of the ews. The Itecord was MtaMlaM 1t soring and nae. been pHnted In the plant of tLe HprirgfieM News sine 5- uees Tear Oreoer Hats Var.ltv u.ucen. nisde) Product. If not have hiio v.boae 1:S7. WIVES PRAY FOR PEACE! " L.iis.ssi.-w.ry. "fftfWf Her are two sidelights on the Slno-Japanes campaign In Man churia. Above, Mrs. Honjo, wlf of Lleut.-Gen. Honjo, and Mra. Sudzukl, wife of MaJ,-Gen. Sudrukl Japanese oommandera In the field are ahown at a shrine with Toklo aohool children, praying for Japaneaa victory. Below, hospital oorps men oarrylng wounded Japanese soldiers through the billiard to field hoapltal. SPRINGFIELD NEWS NOTES BPRINGFIBLD, Jan. 1 (Bpeclsl)l Several watch parties snd services were held Thursday evening to usher In the New Ycer. At the ltaptist church services be gan st 11 p. in. Boversl special mu sics! numbers were Included on the program, snd Rev. W. U. Taylor gave a abort Inspiration talk. Young people of the Bnptllt church went to Ucdaldes cabins Tbiiridsy afternoon, where they bad watchnight services and a social hour. They were to return Friday afternoon. Mr. snd Mrs. Jerry Adimn and Roy Carlton accompanied tho group. Members of the Christian Endeavor held a watch night party st the church, for which William McLean was general chairman. The affair started at 8 o'clock. Young people of the Methodist church met at the church for a watch night parly also. Young people from the Ciliurg church cam down for tho party. To BRIDGE grg.n.r'j!5f;lj,j.HJ.!1JBpeclal) Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Wilson are entertaining a group of their friends at their cabin at McKcniie Bridge for Now Year's day. The group went up Thursday afternoon. Guests In cluded Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Barber, Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Mofflt, Mr. and Mrs, Walter Gosalcr, Mr, and Mra. Ueury Fandrem, Mr. and Mrs. Larson Wright, . NEW LEAGUE CLUB SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 1 (Special) Mrs. M. J. McKlin will entertelu members of the New League club at her borne Saturday afternoon. Mem bers will meet for luncheon at one o'clock. SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 1 (Special) Dick Lyles and Irene Munlev ore- sentod a program of old-time music st the meeting of the Lions cluh Thursday noon. Miss Mnnley played i ue onnjo ann oxr. jjjiea tne nnrmun Icn. No business was transacted. HOOVER NEW YEAR (CONTINUED FROM PAOI ONI) their meal when the president's tned Irlue ball cabinet, on hand draplte the rain, trooped out of the Whlto Ilnuae, clald In slouch hats and their oldest clot lies, Play In Rala Those pla.rlng on the water soaked south lavn of the White Ilouae we.-e Attorney ticneral Mitchell, Secretary Wilbur, Justice Stone of the supreme court. Solicitor General Tharber, of the Justice department, Aasiatnnt Sec retory Jnlincke of the navy depart ment, Waller Newton snd Lawrence Itirhey, presidential sccri'tnrlea end Captain Joel T. Boone, tbe White House physician. Wilson and Ksfer were coming home from a New Year's parly when they decided to stand at the White House gale at 1 a. in. "I've lived In Shanghai II years," Porrows said, "and 1 wanted to are the president of the United States for a change." After breakfast the four decided to return home rather than stand in line again. They bad sccompllshcd their purpose. lluenfeld, however. Jealously guard ed his place. As one of the White House mhrrs, William Krlm, entered the grmmila to begin his day's work, the painter called after him: "Her. come hark here. I'm first In line and the police will make you come bark.'1 Wishes for happiness and prosper ity tn HKI'J persouallr delivered with a ham'sliake came for the president , ann .Mrs. noorer loiisy trom cilplo- I mala, high oKirlali ami plain cltiiens I who converged ou the White House 1 h.r the thousands for its New Sear's I ilav reception. The chief executive and 1 liret latlj awalteil their callers In the historic blue room. It was there, IMll years eeo, that John and Abigail Adams uiaiiitiirnted Ibis annual cue torn. (Ireetlng the Sim Today the greeting wai the aame, s 'Happy New War'' with each hand- I shake. As in other recent reara In ! the White House, Mr. and Mrs. Iloo tee arrang-d t.i meet with the r-aMnet and their wives on the second tloor i e the White House before the itart ! of the reception. After a man h downstairs to the ' rcarine hand's slrslna i( ' llai! to the ' t'huf." custom decreed that diplomats ' be received in order ot their rank. An "f piut mon uiw long J,e rl Cll'. reus, siii,iig for hours outside, was to lln filinf put. Hilweeu iha d-plomaile and public receptions cma humireda of the n. lion's olfh-ieU, (iohi jubilee of the supreme court in armr and ,.,. i(. ins and eircuiites of d e n of tic ye;.r pcrsoni f:;,l tWutn the idle Home between II o cine in the morning an,! ciid-afirmor-n. Fasten said he had been Informed that four other packages suspected of containing ezploilves, were ex pressed from New York to Cleveland In addition to the one found In the Ohio metropolis yesterday. He was unable however, to give the addresses to which they were dispatched. The "MaslUo" package waa mailed from Chicago. The Durante bomb waa labeled as "printing utensils" and bore the re turn address, "Italo Carlo Falbo. 11 i rogresao itsio American, 42 Elm atreet, New York Knowing he bnd not ordered any printing tuola he re fused to accept It from an eiprrss dellvervmsn, who later was found hv the police. Shortly afterward official's of the eipresa company received word from New York of the. naoka1,, i.nl tr. Castrucclo, snd It was aeiiod by police ni a fuel-man roan aooross peiore It cnuiu no any narro. Meanwhile a sneelsl mwmvA .f TP... I. Ington police watched over the Italian embassy at the reiiucit of Ambassador tie Martlno. Albert J. Headier, acting nolle chief of Washington anid he tens not anticipating any trouble, but had ai-renen in tne reoneat ror the guards as s "precniltinniirv menimr.i " Philadelphia reported Hint the home of Judge Harry S. MrPcvitt of the common pieaa court had been placed under a guard following receipt of bombing threats. Judge McDcvitt sen tenced Orlando Spartseo, who wns convicted of heckling Foreign Minister ! " 'irainii ot Italy when the lottei visited in Philadelphia. Spnrtaco an pealed, 15 rmr.AGO. Jan. 1. U.B Prohl- hlllon aaenta raided Texas Guln- an'g Planet Mara night club yes terday, ordered vm patrons 10 leave and proceeded to amp ine loop "bright spot" of it turnisn- Ings after aeizing anegea nquor. The pra-New Yeara eve rain found galnty at It height wun Tax, veteran of similar raids on her New York night clubs, direct ing the merry-making. "Hello auckora," Iha night cluh queen greeted agents aa they en tered th doors. Mis Oulnan had lust finished conferring with her attorney Fred Kaplan who arrived last ntgnt from New York with the news that all the legal technicalities connected with ralda on her New York establishment bad been cleared up. The raider entered with a warrant alleging liquor had been purchased at the Planet Mar at about B a. in. yesterday. Agents garbed In tuxedos had made the purchase, tbe prohibition depart ment revealed. "Thla I terrible," Mis Gulnan said when told by the raiders they were going to clear the place of It furnishings In accordance with a recent supreme court decision. "I've got $10,000 worth of reser vations for New Year' eve." (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) mum, minimum, and precipitation uniir, tor mo past mourn Deo, Max. Mln. Preo. x 2 S 4 IS A 7 8 I) 10 II 12 IS 14 ir in 17 IS It) 20 21 22 2.1 21 215 ?" 27 m 21) 80 81 ....82 21 .00 t...:il) 80 .01 57 37 .44 48 40 .18 87 80 .01 57 80 .00 4ft 80 .88 45 80 .15 41 85 .05 47 85 .13 :!8 82 .13 87 23 ' .03 40 83 .42 28 .02 38 27 ,01 43 20 .00 51 30 ' .28 Ill 43 .25 51 42 .00 48 41 .00 51 87 .53 4ft 8ft .03 411 87 .15 54 41 .57 54 37 .1.1 51 , , 88 , .05 ..51 87 1.711 48 84 .40 41 81 ,2ft 41 86 .27 52 30 .83 (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) "Our cnmnalffn na'ainst hanHits n-ll! follow the Chinese troops aa far as Is necessary to London or Paris even. At least we'll wipe out the ban- uu menaco west or tue Lioo river. BRIGADE LEAVES MT'KI'KN, .Manchuria, Jan. 1. 4) (Jenerol Kamura's Japanese brleade left howpanglie early this morning in unci-uun oi i-nincnow, sn ouicial Communilllie issued tndnv innntm and by noon had reached Shihshang- unn, 10 nines souiDwesi oi Kowpang tie. General .Tiro Tamon'e brigade re- mainro at iviwpangtte and was re organising the city and Its euvirons. The wrnther was bright and unus ually mild for this climate. The tem pernture waa ten degroca above ero. Japanese cavalry patrolled the north banks of the Tallng river end all the territory to the north of there has now been cleared of Chinese. The Chinese evacuation of Chln chow was continuing toHnr and lack of rolling stock on tho railroad was be lieved by officials hera to be the only thing hindering it. BANDITS ADVANCE CHINCHOW, Manchuria, Jan. 1. OP) A situation bordering on terror- : ... MrenteH here last nicbt by a report that a group oi iuw omce bandits, instigated by trie Japanese, were advancing on uio chj uum i northeast. , . The already terror-sincKen popula tion feared a reign ot unrestrameu looting and disorder. Communication with the east was broken and It was impossible to as certain the conditions in me ercn recently occupied by the Japanese army. . . , . . , . Complete contusion ruieu in im rail way yards aa fleeing civilians, includ ing large numbers of women and chil dren, sought to entrain for the south, believing every trsin would be the last before the Japanese occupy the citv. The mayor assured the foreign mili tary observers who are here that they would bo safe. M BSf TM """""""asasa. r.. tP ' : 1 m teV ill 1,98 Values Final Clearanc afeJ Ladies' Slipover hats il -00 JSLs Sweaters Jfl 49 v , m &tfi&S60Z$ In Bright $11 , I; i&s " ' I Tl An Investigation by state and coun ty officers of an attempt to shoot .Julius Miller, 78, ot west apnngtiem, Thtiradny night, resulted in the con clusion that Miller had had a had dream. Miller's story wos that he waa get ting ready for bed Thursday night mill was sitting in a chair opposite to the rluor or his house near tne talon wood school. He lives alone. A mnKkcd ntnn opened the door, he snid, pointed a gun ot him and com manded him to throw up his hands, lie was a bit slow to comply and the visitor fired, the bullet creasing the top of bis head. Miller fell to the floor as the gunman fled, then jump ed up in pursuit, only to fall on the porch and strike his jaw on the steps. Deputy Sheriff John Carlile and Officer Rodney Roach of the state police visited the scene Friday morn ing when notified of the happening. No trace of bullet hole was found in the wall or floor behind Miller's chair. The skin on the top of bis heod waa broken in a Bmall spot. A hair or two and a bit of blood were found adhering to the corner of a woodbox near the chair and Miller bad a sore jow. A bad drenm, snid the officer. PL SALEM, Ore., Jnn. 1. (U.R The preRent emorgpney employment pace in highway betterment and con struction work will continue through the greater part of 1032, Stnte High way Engineer Boy Klein predicted to day. The regular nfghwny commission program for 1032 will get into full swiug early in April, about the time the $1,000,000 emergency relief fund it exmmricil. Klein .na id. "Approximately the name number' or perhaps more of men than are now on tne emergency worn win De employed by atate, county, and fedor nl. especially foreat roada, projects when the summer construction season opens," the eneineer predicted. 2349 Men Employed For week ended December 16. 2,849 men were employed in emergency bet terment work, field renorts announc ed tndnr showed. During the week, ?!M.fi:!2.T2 was expended. 'Fmergencv funds spent so far now amount to $323,000." Klein said. "The remainder of the fund Insuring that the present rate of relief work may be continued to the end of March." Last week, for the- first time since relief betterments work was started, foremen and resident engineers re ported men employed In every one of thf 3ft counties In the state. Multnomah comity with B23, Des chutes 131, Wnseo 120 and Douglas 101 were high. Other county figures Include: Benton S3, Clackamas K2, Clatsop S3. Coos 47, .lackson 61. Klamath (IS, Lane 4R, T.fnn 20 and Marion 75. Copoer Tubincr 1$ Taken Off Donkey An Increased output of moonshine whiskey In th near future waa fore cast here New Year's day when Fred A. Hills of Jasper reported all copper tuMmr to have been stolen Thursday night from a donkey engine belonging to the Hills Creek Lumber Co. The theft was discovered by Mr. Hills when he attempted to start tlm machine Friday morning. About 10 feet of tubing was taken. THREAT DENSM0RE-LEONARD McDonald Theatre Bldg. 10th and Wilkmette FIRST We want to wish' you all a Ilannv and Prosperous New Year. AND THEN 5 (CONTINUED FROM PAdl ONtl drett. d ( "M,.!!!,," In j Jem b, esnrr, (rnm S vtk , loslai lavlur u,tr Utld.nl al , Wc are going to add to your happi ness by offering greater values start ing Saturday and continuing next week. THAT IS Reductions of 10, 15, 20, 25 and 50 In all departments (contract goods only excepted). Positive Reductions In coats, droMO, suit?, Houses, skirts, sweater, com is, girdles, negligee., lingerie, lountrintr ra janinj. scHrt. gloves. umluellHs, hose, Wr. StS' lon,hcr WARD'S NEW 1932 LOW PRICES 7 LKJ lllnWAlMIHI Group of New DRESSES $5.88 Values to $9.95 Satins! Crepes! "Wools! Prints! Black, and the smartest high shades! Here's a clearance sale that will cause quick buying. Come early for yours! Also party gowns. Special Group of DRESSES Vlue to $6.95 JACKETS $788 $12.95 Values Two of tan fvr fabric, brown trim. Three of Brown Krimmer Fabric. $1.88 Only. 6 Richly Fur-Trimmed COATS $1 1.88 Values to $29.95 L'uxiirlou fur-trimmed model of rough A smooth surface woolen In choice of brown or black at only $14,881 Just count the uvlng! 4 iTl Of Men's Suits I! and ft vp vr a arc We Have Put New 1932 Prices On Our Suits and Overcoats One Group Suits at One Group Overcoats at One Group Suits at $.95 $Q.95 $1!.95 ii ii y u Extra Trousers $4.50 Values to $19.75 Extra Trousers $3.00 1059-71 WILLAMETTE PH0N E 3220 EUGENE, OREGON Yottr Neighbor Saves Money at Ward's-Why Don't You?