I World Conference Awaits Stabilization Aa
reement
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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
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LA GRANDE,, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933
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Pythians
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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STARTS INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM
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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,
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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
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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
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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."