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Knights """"" WKATUKR FOHEc'bt""""" I 1 . , I. A - ' Only Newspaper , Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties urvguii rmr luiugiit una TunMiny; I nonwiwhot warmer In emit portion I Tuesday;1 gentle changeable Winds. J Local weather Sunday: Max 74, niln 50 above, clear. Today: mln BO, at 7 . m., 88, clear. J 1 tsi-rc VOLUME 31 MKMBKH ASSOCIATED FBBM AMD A. , (X LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1933 BUrriRII OREGON'S WLADIKG NSIWBPAPKB NUMBER 245 mm mm. money stablimtm of Pythias From Five Counties Meeting Mere mm M Tt I : -vv . II ...".. . . . fl III II . : vnuy nvwupninr ' .-...i mi wanap muimwra wmrnm Company LOCAL UNIT ONE OF FOUR GIVEN HONOR La Grande Guardsmen Join 3 Other Companies to Escort Governor. WEEKEND LEAVE ATTRACTS SCORES Brigade Inspection Held ' Saturday Afternoon One Rookie on Elusive Quest For Pivot Oil. CAMP CLATSOP. , Ore, Juno 10 (Special) Member of the Gover nor's Guard 1 v That's the newest assignment of Company E, 186th Infantry, of La Grande. Company E with a Portland company from the 186th' Infantry, pnd two units from the 182nd In fantry, will form the guard for Gov ernor Julius L. Meier when he visits Damp Clatsop meeting the chief executive of the state at the entrance to camp and) escorting him to his i destination. Only the finest companies in the entire camp are considered for this, and out of the scores of units, La Grande was one of the four selected. This Is the first time In recent years thaf the La Grande unit has been accorded such high recognition and, although It requires quite a bit of special drill,1 the announcement was welcomed by this outfit as another f oather in lta cap; . , it! -.r.r.t. t ?. '. A few days ago' a certain rookie in the La Grande company had his formal Initiation. One of the wise acres in the company asked him to get htm some pivot oil and, anxious to please, the young buck began his search. One non-com would send him from his company to another, and so on down the line. Finally he (Continued on Page Four) TERM OPENS AT E. 0. 'N. TODAY Members of the faculty of the East ern Oregon Normal school have re turned from brief vacations for the opening of the summer session today. Registration started this morning and will continue throughout the next (Continued on Page Four Four Accidents Occur In City During Weekend Four accidents were reported during the weekend in La Grande, all minor occurences, three on Saturday and one on Sunday. A, B. Cherry struck an automobile when he backed out from tho curb Saturday. No damage was done to either car with the exception of the !uss of tho tall light on the Cherry automobile. What might have resulted In (Continued on Page Four) YOUNG ACTORS WILL TOUR STATE 5t Like troubadors of old, Richard B. Evans, of Pendleton. Bovd Jackson, of La Grande, and John Richardson, o' Prospect, will tour Oregon this eummor, presenting parts from the dramatic presentations of the finest playwrghta of several ages. Mr. Evans. graduate assistant in the English department at tho University of Ore Kon, will bo the principal in the small company of venturesome drama enthusiasts; Mr. Jackson, who has studied staging and lighting while a student at Oregon Stato col lege and the university, will be the Mage technician; while Mr. Rlchard on. who Just graduated from the University of Oregon In time to come down with the measles at Pendleton. Is their advanco agent. Pendleton will be the setting of the first public recital on June 19 and SCHOOL AFFAIRS SHOULD HAVE E Selected As Member Of WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., June 19 So father had a day yesterday did he? Where? But you figure It out and he didn't deserve any more of a day than he got. . . There is a lot of hooey about poor father being imposed upon. Dear old father gets, away with quite a bit of murder just because he Is father. If . he was some outsider and pulled the Junk he does, they would chuck him In. the alley. There Is nothing outside of an economist -that's been any1, more overestimated than a father. He la a necessity and that about lets him out. Yours, REGISTRATION ON JULY ELECTIONS CLOSES TUESDAY M'n: ... .. Six Referendum and Three Initiative Measures to Be Decided To Elect Delegates. . - ; ' ,' ' Registration for the special election on July 21 when the popple of the state will vote on six referendum and three Initiative measures, , will close Tuesday evening, June 20, at 6 o'clock, County Clerk C. K. Mccormick an nounced today. Only those not a!- ready registered and otheoi, who did not vote during, the 193L;and IBaa, elections will bo required! to register. - The election-of--delegates' to-tiie' state convention for the ;ratlf loatlon or relcotlon of the proposed amend ment to the constitution of the United . States repealing the 18th amendment is the measure to be voted on which Is causing the great est display of Interest among the vot ers. Other measures which are re ferred to the people by legislation are the constitutional amendment on tho bonus for soldiers, and sailors (Continued On Page Pour) lmaIMnbow girl honored Miss Edna Brown, of La Grande, was elected grand worthy associate advisor of tho Oregon grand assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Olrls, at the meotlng of the grand assembly held at. Recti college in Portland Fri day and Saturday) of lost week. Miss Brown, who has been a stu dent at tho Normal school during the past year, has been active In Rainbow work for six years and lias attended four sessions of tho grand assembly. Her new office Is next to the highest (Continued on Tago Two) AUTO CASE IN COURT TODAY Tho cose of W. W. Zurchor and others vs. J. L. Munhall and others for tho replovln of an, automobllo opened this morning in the circuit court before Judge J. W. Knowles. The trial is the last that has been scheduled to date, for the June term by Judgo Knowles. 20 and they plan to try to arrange a showing In La Grande on the follow ing week, probably Monday and Tues day evenings. - The recital Includes 10 scenes and eight characters each of which Mr. Evans presents distinctly. Between each ho goes behind the scene and while "making up" for his next ap pearance, he Introduces the bit and paints the background of tho charac ter. Both Mr. Evans and Mr. Jack son have been In dramatic presenta tions at the university, the former studying under both Miss Elizabeth Barnes, professor of dramatics and a nationally known figure In the field of drama, at O. S. C, and under Mrs. Ottlllc Seybolt at the University of Oregon. Mr. Jackson was a member (Continued on Tago Two) CHANCELLOR OFPYTHIANS HERE TODAY Makes Trip to Wallowa Lake For Luncheon There This Noon MANY PROMINENT OFFICERS HERE Big Meeting Tonight is Open to Knights and Families, and , Pythian Sisters and Families. James Dunn Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, supreme chancellor of the) Knights of Pythias, arrived In La Grande this morning where ho was met by srouD of nromlnent -Pythians from the state of Oregon, Judge W. M. Cake, past supreme representative, of Portland; Warren Barnes, grand chan cellor: for Oregon, Portland; James W. Moloney, supremo representative, (Continued on Page Two) Electric Light - For Commercial Use Is Cheaper The advertising, columns of the Observer - recently - carried the an nouncement of a reduction In commercial;-! lighting, rates , ta, go into effect otL-JulytJ.4n4hla. terrltory. . Several local people have Inquired (Contlnuod on Page Two) Flour Prices To Rise July 1 Flour will advance 1.60 a barrel retail about July first, according to statement today by Lester Klngsley, manager of the Interior Grocery, wholesales of , this oity. Klngsley said he had beon so no tified by flour companies from whom he obtains his supply. This b as a result of the new proces sors tax which goes into effect about that time. JUST THE INTEREST OF Fgrms, Towns csvy is inundated, -xius. air view, VOTE IN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION WILL BE HEAVY The polls at Greenwood and Cen tral schools opened ;at two o'clock this afternoon for the school board election. Though there was no esti mate available at press, time, the voting was expected to be consider ably, heavier than usual because of the Interesting' contest among the ,ci(ndld.atjis.i .1 v ' " : ', Three : new members' . are to bb elected.- Mrs. N. Wi Frees Is an un contested candidate for the two-year position: but there are four candi dates for the two three-year posi tions, Dr. J. L. Ingle, C. R. Ebcr- ( Continued on Paw Two) Local Postage 2c After July WASHINGTON, June 10 (IF) A drop In the local postage rate from 3 to 3 cents will go Into effect July 1. The change recently enacted also gives the president authority to make a general reduction in air mall rates If ho finds business conditions war rant. .... AN OLD WAR DEBT EVERY QUALIFIED VOTER IN LA Governor's Guard Isolated as Columbia Rises snows -wre wuuiuo ... Fast Train Runs Into Slide But Is Not Damaged PORTLAND,-Ore., Juno 10 (T) Engineer C. E. Densmore and Fire man' K. J. McClure both of Port land, were slightly injured early to day when their locomotive, drawing the combined North Coast Limited Empire Builder of the Spokane, Port land and- Seattle railway, en route from Spokane to Portland, rammed! a slide, near Cooks, 65 miles oast of Portland. The train remained on MH ttaqk and none of . tho passengers. (Continued On Page Four) FLIER GIVES LIFE FOR PASSENGER 'KANSAS CITY, Juno 19 Fellow pilots today credited Hownrd Cava nah, 22-yonr-old Kansas City flyer with having sacrificed his own life to save that of a girl passonger when his air plane crashed Sunday at tho Kansas City airport. The piano, carrying Miss Jewell Duncan, 16, as a passenger, reached an altitude of 200 feet when the motor failed. As the ship nosed. (Continued on Page Four) SONG 1 - LOTTRIDGE SHOOTSSELF IN PORTLAND J. P. Lottrldgo, 48, shot and kll!d himself yesterday while walking along a residential street In Portland.. Mr, Lottrldgo, until recently,, ."was the prom do nt and' general mcumger of tho EJflBtorri Oregon Light and Power company, and. .although he made his headquarters in flnKor there are many people In La Grande whom ho knev personally both In private and pub lto life. Mr. Lottrldgc shot himself through the head with an automatic pistol, Thero wore no witnesses to the shoot- ( Continued From Page Four) T" STOCKS ADVANCE STRONGLY TODAY NEW YORK, Juno 10 WV-Financial markets were borno upward today on a new wave of Inflation psychology. As the dollar declined sharply in for eign exchange markets, following ro ports tho Washington admlnistinUoji disapproved of currency stabilization at present rates, stocks soared 2 to 7 or more points. Tho close was strong. Approximately 6,000,000 shares chang ed hands. - A rush of buyers at tho opening sent prices spurting to levels whero they regained substantial portions of their lost weeks losses. All groups participated In tho recovery. While there were Intermittent pauses to ab sorb profit taking, tho movement was forward throughout. Grains were up from 2 to 3 cents a bushel, around (Continued on Page Four) PIERCES WILL RETURN SOON Representative and Mrs. Waltor M. PIcroo are expected to return to La Grand o during tho latter port ot this woek, according to Information re ceived hero by friends. They plan to tako a week for tlio trip from Wash ington, V. C. to their home, visiting the Century of Progress Exjxmltlon at Chicago and also with relatives, Mr. Pierce represented tho second congressional distrust of Oregon1 in the house of representatives during the session of congress that adjourn ed Thursday night. Wheat Today C1IICAOO, Juno 10 (P) Wheat, corn and rye went soaring today about 3 cents a bushel, with mosti of the grain list overtopping tho sea son's high price records. As a result of prolonged extrcmo high temperatures and lack of mois ture, crop authorities said hopes for a 1033 big yield of spring wheat had been abandoned. Renewal of Infla tion talk also was a source of sky rocketing the priced. Wheat cloeed stron, 2tt2 cent abovo Saturday's finish, corn 1 2c up, oate 2!f?r2o advanced and provisions unchanged to a rise of 27 cents. GRANDE - VOTE JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME SEAKCHING FOR MATTEKN GKANC1R HITS TRUCK LAW ' TilEIS HEADS WHEAT DIVISION STILL SEARCHING FOR YOUNG NOME, Alaska, June 10 (P) Weotli- er-bound by cold banks of fog and lon'-lylng olouds for 24 hours, two navy mors stationed In the Prlbllofs audited lietter .conditions tmluy to start a search for Jlmmle Mat tern. Meanwhile, the coast guard, together with eight to a' dozen commercial and private filers on the mainland were also In action hunting for Mat- tern, now unreported on tub fifth day after tnklnc off from Kha barovsk Siberia, on a 2500-mllo flight to Nome. ; . SALEM, June 10 (A") Endorsement of the Truck Owners and Farmers' Protective association's . campaign against the now truck and bus law was contained in a resolution -Issued here today . by the legislative com mltteo of the Oregon State grange. WASHINGTON, June 19 W) Sec retary Wallace today appointed Frank A. TheLs of Kansas City, as chief of the wheat processing and marketing division of the farm adjustment ad ministration. ThelH, for 20 years engaged lu the grain business, will work with William I. Wcstervelt, of Chicago, director of processing of nil coiuniodlt.es, , - , v.w - , . PORTLAND, June' 10 m Fliers conducting a search for William Young, ; lost aviator,- were given a new clue late today when- informa tion was received from McMlnnvllle that a piano, flying low, was seen In that vicinity at 3:05 a. m. Satur day.. TO RUSH DESIGNS;! ON 5BIG COAST HIGHWAY BRIDGES SALEM. Juno 10 m There will be no delay In preparing designs for the proposed five new bridges to be constructed on . the Oregon coast highway with funds obtained through the federal public works bill. This was announced hero today .by B. H. Baldook, state highway en gineer, who declared that undor In structions from the state highway commission two shifts of bridge en gineers would be at work within the next few days. ' "The work will be rushed to speedy completion," Baldock said, "so that the designs can be submitted to tho bureau of public roads on a doflnlto schedule." Ho said the design for the first bridge will be oqtnplelicd In two weeks, tho, second bridge, In 30 days, the third bridge In 60 days and fourth and fifth brldgos In 00 days, -' "It would appear that this Is an exceptional opportunity for tho stato (Continued on Fago Two) JAIL STEWART FOR ASSAULT Clifford Stewart, charged with as sault with tho Intent to kill, was given a hearing Saturday In tho Jus tice court beforo Judgo L. Donham and was bound over to await the ac tion of tho grand Jury. Bond was set at $500 and since It was not furnished tho defendant Is lodged In the county' Jail. Edward) Clark, the complaining wit ness and a member of tho school board of his district near La Grande, alleges that young Stewart attacked him In tho afternoon of Juno 15 and bent him with a stick. Ho added that ho and Clifford's father had dif ficulties in tho morning of tho same day. , Stewart waived making a prellmln a. y statement. ' INQUIRING Bach day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two penoiii will he stopped at random on the street corner and asked some 041 ration 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 Is Lionel Barrymore In "Looking Koruurd. I. La Grando has no public ground for children to play with tho excep tion of the tennis courts which can not accommodate a great number of children at -one time. El wood Hlatt. 1806 Washington street, says, "I believe that tho open ing of Crystal Plunge as a civic on to! prise would be a fine thing. The plunge has been successful slnco it woe opened, but I bcllovu that by cflmrglng a nominal fee, the city BEFORE 7:00 P. M. FRENCH LEAD GOLD BLOC IN Insist That No Progress (Jan Be Made rrevious To Stabilization. . V ALSO ASK CONTROL i OF PRODUCTION, 49 Nations Reported Now Signed Up On Koosevelt Tariff Trtjce; Success Seems Assured. By Dewitt Mackenzie , LONDON, Juno 19 Adjourn ment of the world economic confer ence until the question of stabiliza tion of currencies can be settled' m advocated today In the conference headquarters lobby by the European gold Moo. - ' - - . It was understood the French were fostering this program on the ground that no progress was possible on other lines until some form of stabilization had "been achieved. - V; Asks Production Control . , i Tho French minister of colonies. Albert Sarraut, served notice on the world economlo conference today that unless It couldj perfect a . plan for universal control of production and (Continued on Pag Two) . F. R, YACHT HITS , ROUGH WEATHER " By- Francis M: Stephenson ; " NANTUCKET, Mass,, June .19 W -r-Presldent Roosevelt, needing a shave . and his face and oil skins gllstenlnr with spray, put Into this island port today on his vacation yacht, Amber Jack II. - - President. Roosevelt, on a vacation (Continued On Page Four) ATTENDS MAIL CARRIER MEET, L. A. Konnody, accompanied by Mrs, Kennedy, attended tho Allied Postal Carriers association of Idaho at Nam pa on June 16 and 17, returning yes tcrctoy to their home in La Grande. Mr. Kennedy was one 01 tne speakers on the program.' Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were guests of Miss Frances Cherry at the ban quot given for the association. Miss Cherry formerly mado her home la La Grande. Mr. Koniiedy recolved an Invitation from the Idnho State Association of City Lotter Carriers to attend the national convention . at . Atlantic City In September. All arrangements were mado for the event and Mr; Kennedy will accompany tho Idaho delegation, representing the local branch. Today's Baseball Natlnmtl League ; ' It. H. E. Chicago 0 8 0 New York 8 ' 7 4 Batteries: Boot and Hartnett; Schu macher and Mancuso. R. H. B. Cincinnati 7 14 . a Philadelphia - 8 13 a Battorlos: Johnson, Prey, Qulnn and Hemsley; Hanson, Llska, Elliott and Davis. R. H. B. St. Louis S 16 . 0 Brooklyn 10 1 Batteries: Walker, Johnson, Carle ton, Haines and J. Wilson; Thlrston, Hauto and Lopez. REPORTER" could make tho thing pay and at the Sumo tlmo furnish a playground for children." . tl Judy Moore, Grande Rondo apart ments, says "I am In favor of some kind of a public play ground for children, a place where they could play together and have something to do during the summer. They can be run Inexpensively and have been btttabllshcd already In many towns the size of La Grande." THIS EVENING mm
