La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 16, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI World Conference Awaits Stabilization Aa reement ATI ll" FOHECAN T " " " " 1 i Only' Newspajjer Printed in La Grande Covering Union and - Wallowa Counties Oregon: Unsettled tonight and Sat- , rdavi scattered afternoon thunder- I Worms. In mountains of east portion. J Kara! weather Thursday: Mux 98. mill clear. Today: mln 50, at t a. in., !, partly cloudy. J PVUIjlJAlEi ill MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRBSS Alf A. B. Ot LA GRANDE,, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933 lAHTkll.N ORKGON'B IJCADINQ NBWSPAJPKH NUMBER 243 MM?! i- - T (G0NG1ESS AD mm a '- ., .. : : m $rmtfo Etmtum Wbmwt 10 Pythians l . . a AMES DUNN. CHANCELLOR, TO BE HERE . E. Dixon, Past . State Chancellor, in Charge Of Big' Meeting. r HER PROMINENT. PYTHIAN S COMING ing Day Monday; Intei- estjng rrogram to Be .Presented in Evening. SLa Grande is one of three cities In Oregon 'that James Dunn Jr., of Cleveland, O., supreme cnanceiior oi the Knights of Pythias, will visit on Hour of the state, C. Lawrence Gra jhm,. chancellor commander of the (local lodge, announces. Mr. Dunn fwlll be In La Grande next Monday jacd will meet with- Pythlans from :Plon, Waflowa, Umatilla, Baker and (lifalheur counties. k iH. E. Dixon, past grand chancellor of the state, Is chairman of the com iittittee on arrangements for the pro gram which will open 'at 8 o'clock (Monday evening at the K. of P. hall Itt the Odd Fellows building. Mr.. JMxon will also preside at the meettng twtitch will be attended by promln :pt members of the lodge from varl cftis sections of the state, pf Other, prominent Pythlans., besides jif, Dunn and Mr.' Dixon who will iDe present probably are Judgo Wll--ltem Cake, supreme tribunal; Leslie a El Crouch, past supreme chancellor; 'falter G. Gleason, Grand Keeper of i Accords and Seals, all' of Portland; i$Jnd James W. Maloney, supreme rep Efcsentatlve of Portland. M During the day, the visitors will be (Continued on Pago 811 7 ' " fO ELECT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD An .election to choose five mcm- iers of the board of education of the i-tjnlon county non-high school dls irict will be held on June 19, County Sjpuperintcndcnl E. A. Sayro an jounced this morning. Five mem bers will be elected from five zones, ; i'lth the chairmen of the school oards acting as Judges and, the other -.members of the board as clerks; and Vihey will tally the votes and mall hem to the county superintendent. Any citizen, 21 years old, who has ived In the district for 30 days Is qualified to vote for the candidates r the board of education of the n-hlgh school district. Candidates re J. A. Nice and J. R. Wanker. one one: W. A. Bull, Archie Buffordi nd Thomas Walslnger, zone two; ohn S. Levis and John J. Schroedcr, ne three; W. O. Sherwood,, zone our; and DUlard R. Choate, zone 5. The ballots, one tally sheet and f he poll list will be sent ,not later nan june a to e. a. anyrc. .Funeral Service For Miss Cooper At 10 Saturday I Alyce Jcannctto Cooper, 18-year-old usugntcr of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cooper, died at her home at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday evening after a long mness of more than a year. 1'ho Rosary will be said at SnodRrass nnd Zimmerman mortuary at 7:30 ttrlock this evening. Funeral services vJl bo held at the Catholic church 10 o'clock Saturday morning and (Continued on Page Three," OREGON NURSE WINS DISTINCTION Miss Jane Gavin, executive secre tary of the Oregon Nurses' association and sister of Mrs. Charles Gump of Ia Grande, has received the distinc tion of being elected, delegate to the International congress of nurses In Paris and Brussels Jul? 10 to 15. Miss Oavin plans to leave for the east Sunday evening, passing through La Grande Monday morning at six o'clock "td a group of her friends In La Grand txruvit -tn tmfV)M nt. thm Unlnn t- ' f-- " "i"10 dpnot to wisn her "bon voy- From Five Counties To Meet Here On . WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Ool., June 15 Well, I had tough, time communi cating with you all today. I first wrote demanding the" other 90 per cent of the debts. Then I got to thinking that maybe we better grab the 10 per cent before they changed their minds. ' So I Just finally decided that Roosevelt would just have to handle It alone. I refuse to enter Into It. A debt argument is' Just like a re ligious one,. it's a mighty good thing to stay out of. Everybody's mind is made up already. - ; , ' When that little Now England Yan kee, Calvin Coolldge, sold, "They hired the money, didn't they?" ho covered all the ground. Yours, aia.iWMtMrlM.U PICNIC FOR FARMERS IS BIG EVENT Large Crowd Hears Well ' Known Speakers After ... : FineBasket Dinner. . A crowd estimated at botweon 200 'and 300 people; formereof ,tho Grftndj Ronde valloy and their families, were being addressed tills afternoon by speakers of prominence representing the North Pacific Drain Growers as sociation, the Eastern Oregon asso ciation and the extension service of the state college co-operating with the U. S. department of agriculture, at the annual picnic at Riverside park sponsored by the Grande Ronde Co-operative Creamery association and the Union County Grain Grow ers. Orris Dorman, of Spokane o, direc tor of membership relations of the (Continued on Page Throo) PORTLAND MEN ARE WELCOMED IN CITY TODAY Bringing word 01 good Intentions and good will toward the Interests and people of the "back country" from the business people and organ izations of Oregon's metropolis, a group of Portland) business, leaders slopped In La Grande this morning and , for lunch with local business people this noon at the Sacajawea . (Continued on Page Three) RETURNS AFTER FORTY YEjARS t J. H. Jones, of Soattlc. known In La Orande when a boy as. "Harv" Jones, arrived In La Orande yester day for his first visit In 40 years. Ho was almost bewildered at the changes which have taken place In that space of time, but he recognized several houses which his father John. A. Jones, built hero many years ago. Mr. Jones came to La Grande when a boy In 1B85. and has found several people here with whom he went to school in those days, one or ' tnese former schoolmates Is Mr. W. A. Worstell.. who spent considerable time showing him around the city yesterday. Mr. Jones will probably be here for several days, and plans to visit friends in Elgin before leaving this vicinity. Whllo In Europe Miss Gavin also plans to travel in Switzerland, Eng land, Ireland and the north of Italy. She Is the only delegate who will attend from Oregon, having been elected at a state meeting of graduate nurses In Medord recently. Miss Gavin has the added honor of presenting a fine piece of mosaic- de signed by P. F. Burfitt. of Portland. Mr. Burfitt is a Portland plumber (Continued On Pago Pour) : : : EUROPEANS ATTITUDE OF WASHINGTON Gold Standard Countries . Won't Act TiU U. S.,. Approves Plans. BANKERS MEETING " NOW IN LONDON American Delegates "to, ; Await Instructions From' home; French Express .Keen Disappointment. By Dewltt MarKcnzlc LONDON, June- 16 The world economlo conference after Important meetings of Its monetary and econ omic commissions today decided vir tually to mark time on the major problems over the weekend) pending definite word regarding WashlnKlpc-V attitude toward currency - status '.id won. " ' ' ' ' The cold standard countries. It was said In French quarters, do not in tend to budge until approval of a (stabilization project has been re ceived from the American adminis tration. (Continued on Page Six. TWOXANDIDATES ARE RECOMMENDED BY LABOR UNION Special Meeting Reported To Have Endorsed Kingsley and Gehring For School Board. The names of Lester Kingsley, and Mrs. J-Ted Gehring were indorsed and their election to the school board recommended to members of the un ion at a special meeting of the La Grande Central Labor Union held last night, according to announcement of R. Z Baxter, president of the organ ization, j A communication to the Observer today, signed! by Mr. Baxter, reads as follows: "In making this endorsement their (Continued on Page Six) Y k 1 nt '' t : : Swollen Rivers Ma Heavy kii-)iik rains have swollen lying towns end farms have felt encroaching waters, and bridges liuvo been washed out. This photo shows farmers working to strengthen a',-dike along the Columbia nenr Vancouver, Wkish. Similar , scenes urc to be found J n many rivers In Northern Washington today. ' ' JURf FINDS LOCAL TRIO NOT GUILTY After dcllboratlnir tor six hours, the Jury; returned ,v vwxacfe noKigullty In favor of Oscar Ayars, Oloronce Johnson and P. A. Ingram, charged with extortion, In tho circuit court last night. The Jury went out at 4 o'clock and reported at 10 o'clock be fore Judge J. ' Wv Knowlcs, circuit Judge. , Arthur Bruce, tho complaining wit ness, charged that the three men, ail well-known In this city, ; lured him (Continued on Pago Two) WILL OPEN BEER GARDEN A new building has Just been constructed by Wallace Cass ,011 the Island City highway about one mile east of La Grande, and will, house the fCass Beer Garden, which .will opon for business Saturday, Juno J.7. Mr. Cass says he will make a spe cialty of tray service for tho benefit of motorists, and will serve beer and hot or cold lunches. His establish ment will be open day and night. .THE SAILOR'.S VACATION vMenace Pacific Northwest ".1 r the Willamette and Columbia rivers La Grande Company si Well At National Guard Camp CAMP CLATSOP, Ore., June 16 (Special) The lieutenants of Com pany E'liad a taste of higher com mand at retreat the other night when Major Eilensburg, commanding the Eastern - Oregon battalion, and Cap tain. Walter A. Bean, of La Grande, stood on tho hill and watched tho younger officers perform -.. '"1st l5S;Jcs8o"V. Andrews served as battalion command or in the major's temporary absence and did very well. And, of course, 2nd Lt. Carey was in command of the company as acting captain. STILL NO WORD FROMMATTERN; HOPE NOT LOST NOME. Alaska, June 16 (P) Silence blanketed the Bering sea and Alaska today concerning the fate of Jimmie Mattern, Texan round-the-world flier, unreported since leaving the Siberian coast two days ago. On tho ninth and most difficult leg of his solo world flight, Mattern's gas supply had ho remained In tho air would have been usod up by 11:30 p. m. (EST) last night, -and (Continued on Page- Six) Monday iind their tributaries until low- Shows Up Tho big event of the -first week of camp Is tho brigade field inspection set for Saturday morning. The biggest event In fact of tho first week follows the inspection however, whon the company is turned loose after dinner Saturday for the weekend leave In Seaside and Astoria. t That's what really- appeals, to tho boya from V the Bluo Mountain Togton the ttccnory is so different! ' Lt. Andrews lias tho Job this year (Continued on 'Pago Two) New Business Is On The Increase ' In Lumber.Mills PORTLAND, Ore., June Id WV-New business totaling 52,725,000 feet or about 4 per cent above the 3-year weekly avernge for Juno, and 0 per cent above the provlous week, was reported today by the Western Pino association for the week ending June 10. Only 68 of tho 116 reporting (Contlnuod on Pago Six; Robber Found And Sentenced Ray Daniels, arrested by state po lice In Pendleton Tuesday on 1 change of robbing W. H. Allen, of Portland, In Baker on the night of Juno 5, was sentenced Wednesday evening in Baker by Judge O. H. McColloch to three years In tho pen! tentlary. Thomas Bumgarner, his partner In the hold-up, was arrested In La Grande several days ago and was taken to Baker where he received a three-year sentenco to the state prison. Both .men were arrested through the efforts of Mr. Allen, Bumgarner hoarding a passongcr train on which Mr. Alicia was riding. Mr. Allen was slugged nnd robbed In Baker on the night of June 6. WAKES TO FIND BED ON FIRE Roy Currcy thought the tempera ture was rising to well-nigh record breaking heights this morning when ho woko with n starti to find, tho foot of the mattress on his bed blazing. Tho fire department was called to tho Flko club where Mr. Currcy makes his homo and the fire was extinguish el before an appreciable amount of damage waa done. , Mr. Currcy has no theories as to how tho fire started, although he bo 1 loves It waa started from a stray spark. Wheat Today 1 CHICAGO, Juno 10 Ml With tho secretary of agriculture oupectod to oxnllcltly announoo late today his process tart plans, wheat oncountorod heavy selling, and prices underwent material hrcaks. . . The wheat market roll at one stago to more than 5 cents below tho top figure for Tuesday, when the season's highest price level was roacned. Re port about stabilization of foreign exchango were construed as bearish regarding wheat. Wheat closed unsteady. 54 H4c under yesterday's finish, corn Tin 1 c down, oeui fi o orr ana pro visions showing 10 to 16o decline. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ': ' , '.;':' STARTS INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM -i -.if.. .....-. SIGNS ALL MAJOR HILLS 1 : '.'';!:.'. , " ' '': AGREE UPON STABILIZATION NAME RAIL COORDINATOR , 1 WASHINGTON, June 10 VPi Presi dent Roosevelt today put the publlu works-Industrial control program in the hands of two administrators . Donald SuwycB and Jlugli Johnson and . designated twd special cabinet committees to work with them. He gave orders to start work as quickly as possible. To speed the Job-glvulg public works program he directed that $400,00(1,000 be mode available Immed iately to the states for highway con struction and directed a. start of the $238,000,0110 naval construction pro gram -alined at the buUdtng of 32 new ships mostly .under the London limitation treaty. ; : . WASHINGTON, Juno 10 (P) Presi dent Roosevelt today completed sig nature of all the major bills sent to him by tho extra session of congress, by affixing his name to the S3.000,- 000,000 appropriation measura tor publlo works. . ; -' ' - . LONDON, June 1(1 VD An agree ment for stabilization of - the dollar, and the pound . was fairly complete tonight except for the decision as to when tlie control will start, It was said in American quarters. -: . WASHINGTON, Juno 10 W Presi dent Boosovelt today formally named Joseph B. Eastman, now a member ol the I. O. O. as the ferral coordin ator of railroads under the now au thority granted by congress. FLOODS DRIVING M AN YFROM HOMES IN WASHINGTON KELSO, Wash., June 16 MP) A thousand homeless persons saw flood waters , many , feet deep surging through and over their homes . In South. Kelso today, while the waters from the Coweeman river pouring through a 160-foot break In a dike, crept, nearer the main business dis trict ' IiQono place, where a slaughter houso stood, the water was 10 feet deep. , The roofs of about 40, houses in the area were all that could be seen of them, while upwards of 30Q In all were aubmorged to a greater or less extent. The district was closed to all per sons except those authorized to enter, and a force of 76 to 100 men In cluding the police forco and 60 men deputized for the work was patrolling the area under Chief of Police Carl Prltchard. Many of them used boats, (Continued on Page Three) VIEWS VALLEY FROM PLANE Dr. E. R. McDani el,1' prominent Port land physician, this morning viewed from an airplane the broad acres of the, Grande Ronde valley where ho made fits home for the first 14 years of His life. Dr. McDanlet waa born on a farm which' furnished tho site for tho city of Cove, and lived In Cove until 1802. Ray Conway, man ager of tho public relations depart ment of tho Oregon State Motor asso ciation, and Edward M. Miller, ataff writer for the Oregon lan, accom panied Dr. McDaulel to La Grande on tho air tour which was personally con ducted by W. O. Perkins, tho latter piloting his own plane. Tho main 'street where their old family home used to stand waa the only thing he rccognJmxl In Cove, tho town) having changed to such ai great extent, the visitor said after driving through thcro yesterday en route to Wallowa Lako. Ills parents wcro prominent pioneer residents who mado history In the cattle and horso (Continued on Page Thr-e) INQUIRING Each day ai the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons ' win be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some nnestlon of the day. Through tho courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight ' each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tlcketa to the Liberty Tlmitrc. Tho current attract Ion Is Itlchord Barthelmrss In "Central Airport", , Today a deserving lad came Into tho Observer who Is looking for a chance to work on ft farm and go to high school. Thoro Is no organlMtlen In La, Orande which is actively spon soring a movement to bring togother the boya who aro looking for Jobs on farms, and tho 'armors- who need To llable boys to work. Alfred Walker, Route 1, Lai Orando, says: "La Orande needs some organ ization to sponsor this type of em. ployment bureau since there arc many LAWMAKERS i FINISH 1 1 OR K ; EARLY TODAY Senate Finally. Yields to : Lower House on Vet ; ( Legislation. , . ; ! ECONOMY PROGRAM I r REMAINS INTACT President Thanks Solons For Fine Cooperation Between Legislators and Executive Branch. ; WASHINGTON, June .l8.(W Tha : Roosevelt congress, carver of a mighty legislative program for national re covery, adjoumed'at l:31o'olock this morning,- after chalking- In a final notable victory for the president. ' : Its last act was accepting or his terms on expenditures lor veterans, thus safeguarding the president's eco nomy program which lops off hun dreds of millions to achieve balance of the ordinary budget. The senate, fought to the last the same fight that had held up adjourn ment since last Saturday but, blocked by the utter refusal of the house to accept an - enlargement of spending for ex-soldlers, lt gave ' in, voted 45 to 38 to take the compromise offerea by the. administration, . passed tho . toeo.000,000 Independent offices ap propriation bill and adjourned. . The houso, that , had lingered ld,y through the night quit' too, ' otter . ohoerhig and yelling applause at -a ! last minute letter from the president, h: ; (. .' Prcsldentlal,Thank - In lt he tlmnhed atoators ad rep. resontatlvos "for making possible, do -the broad avorage, a more sincere and whole-hearted - co-operation between (Continued on Pag Three) -. Changes in Vet n "Aid Uncertain; , Up to Roosevelt WASHINGTON, June 16 () Vet orana' aid changes made by congress this session will depend, much on executive orders yet to . be issue! Interpreting the newly-made com pensation laws. ' . . i - ' In general, cuts will be made along the following lines, according to the best information of veterans' author ltios: . , , : . Mexican' war: No soldiers living. Widows pensions of $60 monthly out 10 per cent. r Civil war: Soldiers pensions, service, $76, disability, D0, cut 10 per cent. Widows, $30, $40, and $60 monthly, cut 10 per cent. Indian wars: Soldiers, $20 to $50 monthly, cut 10 per cent. Spanish-American war:' Final com promise provides that all, Spanish war veterans over 66 years of age, who are 60 per cent or more disabled and who are In need, shall renialn on the rolls at basic rate of $16 a month. Since the basis of what constituted "need" Is to be determined! by tho president, tho entire status of the Spanish war voterans' situation de pends upon tho executive order. (- World war: Whereas the first regu lations Issued by tho president under the economy act cut the average veterans' pny from $44. IB to $20,10, tho final compromise guarantees that no service-connected case will be out moro than 35 per cent, and tho aver age only 18 per cent, . .. Today's Baseball National League - ' B. H. B. Brooklyn 3 6.1 New York 1 8 3 Batteries: Mungo and Lopez; Schu macher. Luquo and Mancuso. REPORTER boys who would Uko Jobs which they can do while going to school, .and thcro are many farmers who need a boy to do chores and work In the fields." t M. B. Isbell, Sacajawea Annex, says, "An employment bureau of this typo , would be an excellent undertaking for tho chamber of commorco or some servlco club. It would be helpful to the boys who havenVt Jobs but who want to work."