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lEwmita (b I WEATHER FORECAST J Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight and J I Friday i Mattered thunderstorms In mountain! of eastern sections! not J f much change lit temperature. Local weather Wednesday : Mai 100, mln 60, j Today: mln 65, 1 a. ni., 71!. r...... ................... J ' Only Newspaper v J - Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 ra AMOOUTKD PREM AlfD A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1933 EA8TKBN QRKGON'a tiKADIKO mEWSP APKB NUMBER 242 MANY NATIONS IN DEM PEE m mm K1 0 Picnic To Bring RIVERSIDE PARK SCENE OF PROGRAM Hundreds of Frm) Folk ; Of Union County Are Expected ; Friday. TWO PROMINENT SPEAKERS HERE Kicnic Sp o n s o r e d By ; Grande Konde Co-op. Creamery -and Union County Grain Growers. 5 ; Despite the heat and the busy wa- s Yon on the farms, ' several hundred residents of the Grande Ronde valley are expected to gather tomorrow t Riverside park for the Farmers' pic nic, sponsored by the Orande Ronde Co-operative Creamery and the Un ion County Grain Growers. The day's program will open with muBlc at 10 o'clock, witfc lunch ai 12 o'clock and prominent speakers representing both dairymen and grain growers of the county speaking during the after noon, beginning at 1:30 o'clock. ... Orris Dorm an, of Spokane, director of membership relations of the North Pacific Grain Growers, will be the principal speaker discussing the new farm set-up for the first time in Union county. He announces his toplo as "The New Undertakings In Behalf of Agriculture" and will pre sent a study of the situation similar to those -he has been presenting In (Continued on Page Two) , SCHOOL BOARD ELECnOlTWILL AROUSE INTEREST ' A hot ' race is anticipated In the election of the three-year member of the school board on Monday, June 19, In district number one. Three new members are to be elected with Mrs. N. W. Frees uncontested for the position of two-year member. How ever, three prominent and able men and one woman worthy of equal com mendation are In the contest for the (Continued on Pace Two-) j)4 Mercury Reaches 100 For Summer Record So Far Wednesday was the warmest day since Aug. 16, 1931 with the maxi mum temperature of 100 degrees above setting a new high mark for the summer. The highest temper ature reported officially during last summer was 99 derzreen nn .Iiilv 27. F1932, while the highest mark reached during the present summer Was 95 degrees above on Monday, with Tuesday slightly cooler. Yesterday's minimum was 60 de grees. The minimum last night was 66, five degrees warmer Jhan the previous day's minimum. At seven o'clock this morning, the thermo meter read 72 degrees. The warmest day during the past three summers occurcd on July 21, 1931 when the maximum was reported as 107. On July 25 of the same summer the temperature was 101, while It reached 100 on July 19 and August 16, 1931. MOTOR GROUP It VISITS HERE Ray Conway, manager of the public relations department of the Oregon State Motor association, and a group of Portland business men were ac companied to Wallowa Lake today by Harold C. Boone, secretary of the La Grande Chamber of Commerce. They are touring' this section to secure tourist Information, and plan to re turn to Portland tomorrow. AVIATOR'S WIFE BRAVE UNDER STRAIN WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 15 TO Mrs. Jlmmle Mattern's stiff upper Up weakened today and she revealed outwardly for the first time keen anxiety for the safety of her husband as word was lacking of his progress on tho hazardous flight between Si beria and Nome. "Oh my. but that's a long time," Rhe snld when informed of the olnpscd time. "And you say there has been WILL ROGERS 'joy: BEVERLY HILLS, Oal., June 14 The president has been breaking hla neck to get congress "off the Po tomac" before Thursday (the day the debts were due). He was afraid to have 'em there when the bad news arrived. He was afraid they would commit suicide. , ' ' See where some American heiress gave as her reasons for marrying one of this 'mess of Mdlvanls, that he was "smart, cute, amusing, Interest ing and hangs around all the time." Sounds almost like the recommen dation of a good setter pup. Every one at London says "some thing must be done,"-and It looks like It will be us. Yours, 1 -'- MORE MEN LEAVE HERE TO WORK IN NEARBY FORESTS Two Groups of Woodsmen Leave Today, Headed For Frog Heaven and " Whitman Camps. "', Thirty-nine men' ' from Union county were sent Into the.J forests to day, according to reports' received from J. H. Peare. chairman of the county roller committee. They went out In two groups, 14 this morning and 25 this afternoon. Mr. Peare states that by the first of next week the total number of (Contlnuod on Pago" Two) Alyce Jcanette . . Cooper Dies At Home Last Night Alyce Jeanette Cooper, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cooper, died last night at 10:30 o'clock at the heme of her parents after more than a year's Illness. Miss Cooper con tracted tuberoulosls while attending the La aranao High school and was taken to The Dalles sanitarium for several months but returned to her home In La Orande on March 11. -She was born on March 1, 1B1B. Alyce Jeannette was a talented vio linist and placed high In the state muslo tournament at Eugene, several years ago. She and her sister, Miss Maellzabeth Cooper, were ln constant demand for several years In musloal circles and played at many functions both In La Orande and throughout . (Continued on Page Two) FORD BROTHERS ARE PAROLED Olen and Walter Ford pleaded guil ty to a charge of burglary not In a dwelling yesterday afternoon, were sentenced to five years In the peni tentiary andi paroled by Judge J. W. Knowles, In the circuit court. The conditions of the parole are:that the two young men. both of whom are between the ages of 18 and 81. re port to the circuit Judgo the first of each month. . -i- They were arrested for burglarizing the1 Savoy hotel a few weeks ego, and were arraigned yesterday on Informa tion filed by the district attorney. Both waived indictment and time for pleading. v n; - CASE MAY GO TO JURY TbDAY Attorneys opened the arguments to tile Jury In the case of the state vs. Oscar Avars, F. A. Ingram and Clar ence Johnson this morning and It was expected to be ready for the Jury's consideration late this afternoon. The three men are charged with extortion and Arthur Bruce Is the complaining witness. ' Th case opened Monday In the cir cuit court before Judge J. w. Knowles and has created a great deal of In terest throughout the .entire county. no word at all?" - Mrs. Mattern lias felt the stretch from Siberia to Nome was the most treacherous of the aroundrthe-world flight, but she found encouragement In the report of 1000-foot celling and only light winds over Bering Sea. "Jlmmle often has navigated with much less celling than that,"' she observe "and he wouldn't be both ered by a slx-mtle wind." 11 18 Host Of HOLMAN HITS SALES TAX IN GRANGE TALK 1200 Grangers Hear Him Speak at Convention ( In Pendleton. ; SAYS SALES TAX IS UNNECESSARY Believes State" Will Be On Cash Basis Again and : Crisis. Passed By End of Next YeaiV . : ; v; PENDLETON, Ore., June' 15 TO Further economy-In state government "by consolidation and elimination of sinecures" was .urged here last night by Rufua C. Holman, state treasurer, in an address to about 1.200 members of the Oregon State Orange, assem bled for the 60th annual convention of the organization. . . He attacked the proposed state sales tax, declaring "I see no Justlfl- (Gontlnued On Page Four) COX WILL HEAD MONETARY BODY AT WORLD MEET By DcWItt MacKenzle LONDON, June 15 (P) The United States achieved a great and hard-won victory in the world economic confer ence with the election of James M. Cox as chairman, of the vital mone tary committee by the steering com mittee late today.-. M V v-v y' The designation- of er1 American was 'unanimous; His' name was pre sented by the Frenchman, Georges Bonnet, who had himself been a can didate. Bonnet had bitterly opposed Cox' election until a compromise was effected among warring groups In mid-afternoon. Finance Minister Ouldo Jung, of Italy, was given the vice chairman ship and M. Bonnet, the French fl- (Continued on Page Six FLAG SERVICE DRAWS CROWD The four streets which bound the Triangle park at the corner of Fourth and Spring streets were buoy tho roughfares last night when many people congregated in automobiles to witness the most beautiful flag day service that has been sponsored by the Elks lodge In several years. Sev eral civic organizations assisted the Elks In tho flag day observance and (Continued on Pago Two) Farmers TO ANNOUNCE FARM PLANS TOMORROW Processing Taxes On Wheat and Cotton . Important Cogs. PLAN TO RAISE ' ABOUT $250,000,000 Will Reduce Acreage of Wheat and Cotton and . .. Pr eve n t Oyersupplies and Low, Prices. By Roy F. Ilendiickson (Copyright, 1933, by The Associated - v. . Press) WASHINGTON. June 15 TO The administration intends to raise (250, 000.000 by proocsslng taxes on wheat and cotton, which It will -levy at their maximum size In a bold program aimed to better long-range farm prices by cutting down production: The government's plans ,; provide that most of the sum will be used to reward farmers who agree to re duce their output In concert with tho federal drive to halt the piling up of surpluses, long a price-depressing problem for growers of the two chief cash crops of the United States. ' ! Announce Plan Tomorrow President Roosevelt has approved a program, devised under powers pro vided by the new farm act, which Secretary Wallace will make publlo (Continued on Page Thre FOUR MARKSMEN GO TO KLAMATH Four 6f La Grande's marksmen left this morning for Klamath Falls to enter the Oregon State shoot which will open there tomorrow. The dope sters have ranked. La Grande high: among the gun clubs of the state and favorable predictions have been made concerning the local men's chances In the three day shoot which closes Sunday. Nate ana Robert Zwelfel, Floyd Lannlng and Tracy Holl later are the marksmen that will represent this city, shooting for Individual and not team scores. GUESTS FROM ELLEN SBURG Miss Hazel Halvorson, dean of wo men In 'the high sohool at Ellcnsburg Wosh., and Miss Ruth Argoll, bead of tho English department there.ywere guests over night at the home ot Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Kopp. This morn ing they continued their way by car to their alma mater, tho University of Minnesota, where they will visit friends and attend festivities and then go on to Chicago to take in the Century of Progress. CUT-OUTS FOR TIRED TAXPAYERS (ERE IS OUR. OLD UMCLE SAM, AND SOME OF HIS BUSIM6SS OUTFITS. HE WILL PROBABLY 8E (M MORE OF THEM SOONi. New Leader for o o o v o o o o Sw. ri High commands In the U. S. navy changed personnel Saturday In col orful ceremonies in Los Angeles Harbor. Photo shows Admiral Rich- , ard H Leigh, left, who relinquished his post as commander-in-chief of the battle force to Vicc-Admlral David Foote Sellers, right. Photo taken aboard U. S. S. Pennsylvania shortly before Leigh left to become a member of the Navy General Board at Washington. COMPANY E FROM LA GRANDE WELL ESTABLISHED AT CAMP By Nolan Skiff OAMP. OLATSOP, Ore., June 15 (Special) Company E, along with tho other Eastern Oregon national guard units, are now well established In camp and preparing for brigade In spection Saturday morning, before the flrsti weekend leave. The - La Orande outfit, colled out with the other Eastern Oregon men to stage the parade tho first after noon of camp, led the battalion march at retreat. Incidentally, It Is the only Eastern Oregon company this year that will sport two streamers on Its guidon, which means two straight years of "very satisfactory" ranking In annual federal Inspection.,' " Afcolher thVig that Is tickling the La Orande boys is that tho company escapes guard duty this year. This Is more or loss In the nature of "luck" as each year few companies are not needed for guard duty, and this year It happened to bo E. At any rate, there'll be no walking posts at all hours of the night and day for the Fishing Season Opens in Lakes And Tributaries Today tho fishing senson In all the lakes and tributaries In Union county officially ppons, according to tho regulations of tho stato game com mission. The season continues until September 30. In Wallowa county, though Jco Lake and Minam lake an open to fishing throughout, tho year, all other lakes except Wallowa lake are open to fishing from Juno 15 to September 30, as In Union county. All tributaries to Wallowa lake, up as farns tho falls, will romaln closed to fishing until July 1 . and will then romaln open until November 30. FRieMP, U. Si Battle Fleet Grande Ronders. (Tho latter term Is not In any way to bo construed as meaning grand rounders).. Jack Alvoy and Carl Amos, two of the recruits with the company, got the first Job of kltchon polloo for Juno 14. This year the details are going to the privates by alphabetical order which makes John asigier reel pretty good I At any rate, it'll be few days before ho bets It hi the neck; f lguratlvoly speaking. Alvoy and Amos, with their detail finished, prob ably won't be bothered for at loast another ten days. r ' comirur down to camp Monday was a hot lob for the La Orande men with- the, Minporatiire) nnywnera irom 0 abt ve to-whatever tile Individual figured It, In degrees or degrees of polite profanity And fow of thorn got to sleep beforo about 1:30 a. m. Also, the onglneer highballed It into Portland about an hour earlier than (Continued on Pago Two) Portland Pastor Takes Own Life; Two Boys Drown PORTLAND, Juno 18 (!) lit and despondent, tho Rev. Albert T. Foster, 81. leaped Into tho WUlametto river here last night from the Ross Island bridge, and drownod. A former pastor of the Wllshlre Community Mothodlst church, he was relieved of the posi tion several months ago because of 111 health. His widow, flvo daughters and two sons survive. Two additional drownings occurred In the Portland vicinity yesterday. Robert Fisher, IB, lost his Ufa In a nnrl In t.hn Lincoln Memorial Park cemetery when ho tried to swim from a raft In the middle of tho pona i7nnnif. nnuk on rtt Pnrtland. drown. ed while swimming in Lake Oswego. Probation Given To Arley Murrill PORTLAND, Juno 15 OT Proba tion on a ono-year sentence to Mc Neil Island federal prison was glvon Arley Murrill, postmaster at Paradise In Wallowa county, when ho pleaded guilty In federal court hero Wednes day to a chargo of ombozzllng postal fundri. - ' Clifford Wlsoman,' of : Salom, and aorta Emory who pleaded guilty to liquor charges, wore glvon paroles, but Wlsoman was fined ioo ana Mrs, Emory 600, ' 1 Klamath Battery Wins in Attendance ASTORIA, Ore.. Juno 15 OT With an attendance record of 100 per cent, tho Klamath Palls battery D, 240th const artillery, of tho Oregon national guard, won the Oregonian trophy for attendance at drill during tho pre vlous year. Wheat Today J CHIOAOO, Juno 16 OT Conflict ing opinions about market effects of proponed processing taxes and bonuses to farmers made whoat prices oscil late swiftly today, and finish lower. Rushes to sell overwhelmed tho wheat pit at times, and at one stago smashed values 3 cents a bushel, tho trade being uncertain as to details of proposed plans of tho Washington administration. Wheat traders had to contend also with results of a sharp downturn In British exchange. Wheat closed nervous, llo un der yesterday's f!nlh, corn '4H up, oats 'i,o advanced, and pro visions varying from 7 cents decline to a rise of 3 cents, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME 9 ' : UPPER COLUMBIA FLOODS ' ,!- . MAY HOLD EXTENSION WORK EXPECT ADJOURNMENT SOON REJECT VET COMPROMISE WKNATCIIEE, Wash., June 13 OT The flooded Columbia- river forced along Its banks today, and nearly all tributary streams between here and tlie Canadian border, more than 50 miles away, were reported going out ot bounds. WASHINGTON, June 16 OT The senate today adopted the conference report on the 13,600,000,000 emergency appropriation bill and sent It to the White House, The house approved It yesterday. LargoBtl peace-time money measure on record, It carries funds to start off the big Roosevelt emergency reconstruction program, Including publlo works and the government's share In the bank deposit Insurance fund. .;.'.'. WAHHINOTON, Juno Iff OT Sen ator Robinson, Democratic leader, said today that final adjournment of 'the special session of congress to night was almost certain. WASHINGTON, Juno 16 OT The house today rejected the senate .veter ans' substitute thereby sending the Independent offices appropriation bill back to tho sonata for another vote. The vote was 208 to 177. A new oony 'promiso la looked for. EXPECT WORLD'S RECORDS TOFALL AT CHICAGO MEET ' lly Charles Dunkley ' (Associated Press, Sports Writer) CHICAGO, . June 16 OT r- Headed by Cijioh Doan 0jwlPs Trojans from the University df Southern Cal ifornia, BOO athletes from all sections of the nation charge Into action to morrow at tho twelfth national col legiate and prep track and field meet at the world's fair grounds here, with a rush that threatens to set a mark for eclipsing world's records by the (Continued Oil Page Four) ;: MATTERN LONG OVERDUE TODAY SEATTLE, June '16 OT Low hanging clouds and fogs which would freeze on tho wings of Jlmmle Mat tern's piano, "Century of Progress." may again have thwarted tho efforts of tho Texas aviator to f!y from Khabarovsk, Siberia, to Nome, Alas ka, today. At 12:30 p.- m., Paolflo standard time, Mattern would have been In tho air 24' hours, or seven hours more than tho 2600-mile route should re quire In his speedy plane. . Weather obsorvors hero, - scanning latest reports from the western coast of Alaska and tho Aleutians expressed the opinion that Mattern would not bo able to find Nome, but would be obliged to land In the Interior of (Continued on Page Six) G. A.R. Commander Found Dead Today PITTSBURGH, Juno 16 OT Cap tain William P. Wright, of Chicago, national commander of tho Orand Army of tlie Republic, was found dead In bed In a hotol today. Ho was B8 years old. In Pittsburgh to attend tho annual encampment of tho Pennsylvania de partment of tho G. A. R., Captain Wright addressed a gathering of vot orans and auxiliary organizations lost night. Ho also rodo in tho O. A. R.'s Flsg day parado yesterday, and comrades sold ho seemed to be In good health when he retired last night. INQUIRING Each day ns the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will he stopped at random nn the street corner ana asked some friiestlon of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. The current attraction la Richard Darthelmcss In "Central Alrort". Cordcll Hull, secretary of stato, de nounces economic nationalism and the policy of economic isolation which ho described as one of tho causes of tho present economic de pression. International capital and trade has been obstructed by htRh tariffs, quotas, cmbargowt, exchango restrictions and ' depreciated cur rencies. Mrs. Stanley Mills, 1108 First tst, soys, "I believe in a low tarifi oe- causo It Is conducive to International trade, as well as a feeling of interna FRANCE AND POLANDAGAIN FAIL TO PAY Finland Only Nation to Make Entire Payment i ' On the Date u?.. i ITALY OFFERS f PART PAYMENT Rumania and Jugoslavia? 1 Also Plan to .Default;, Though Rumania Pair December Instalment J; , . " WASHINGTON, June 16 OT Prance and Poland defaulted again today on their war debt luLalw6nU to thli government while Great Britain ar ranged to pay tlO.000,000 In silver -on $76,050,000 due and Italy tendered about a million dollars on Its obliga tion of 13,645,000. Barring changes late- In the "day, Finland was the only nation to meet Its obligation In full, paying $148,593. A note of the Paris government's decision not to make Its payment of 40,738,588 was handed . to Phillips at, the department by Ambassador, Do Laboulaye. . . . Ambassador Patek, of Poland, called with a similar message, . : . - . Both France and Poland, .close dip-1 lomatlo allies, defaulted on payments (Continued on Page Six) ; , Post Planning To Fly Around ; The World Alone DAYTON, O., June 18 OT A Joint holder of ..the 'round-the-world record of eight days, fifteen hours and fifty- , one minutes plans to. hop off, from New York July 1 In a solo flight along a similar, route- ;i r,A-f-!ii,;m j Wiley Post, of Oklahoma, who pilot ed tho airplane Winnie Mae when ha and Harold Oatty' negotiated a New York-to-New York trip In 1031 to es tablish a record for circumnavigating the globe, announced hla take-off date when he arrived 'there to have the rebuilt Winnie Mae equipped with receiving apparatus for the Journey. - Although a mechanical pilot will aid him In guiding the plane, he said he probably would sleep no more than 00 minutes at each of. his several stops. ,,,.',... . j Home of James Roosevelt Burns RYE BEACH, N. H June 15 OT The family of James Roooevelt; son . of tho president, was staying at the home of relatives today as the result of a fire whibhi forced them to mow from their summer place. Flames which started yesterday in an upper story gained headway before , firemen from Portsmouth Rye) Beach, and North Hampton could bring them under control. Although part of the . furniture was carried from the 16 room houso by firemen and servants, damage from, flames and water was ostlmoed at $6,000. - , ' Today's Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. B. Boston 7 0 0 Now York 4 16 ,8 Fatlcnstcln and Hogan: Fltzstm mons, Spencer, Bell and Mancuso. R. H. B. Pittsburgh 0 ' 4 ' 1 Chicago 5 ', 9 ' 1 Smith, Hoyt and Graco; Tinning and Hartnett. R. H. B. Brooklyn 9 9-1 Philadelphia - 3 10 ' Thurston and Lopea: Hansen, Coir 11ns, Plckrel. Llska and Davis. . -AMERICAN LEAGUE ' New York 6 9 ; 1 Boston 8 11 .3 Allen, Vanatta and Dickey; H. Johnson, Ellnnd and Ferrell, Oooch. REPORTER tional brotherhood. I am a good Democrat in other words." , Packey McFartand, 1705 First street, "All tariff should be abolished! for two reasons. Every nation should be permitted to produce that which It can produce most efficiently and only by International trade can this be dono. Tariff tends to hamper inter national trade to a- great extent and ultimately tho consumer pays for any benefits accrued to Industries, Secondly, international . misunder standings result from high tariff.
