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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)
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(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
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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
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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?