La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 20, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIk anfms(w;iwMaws)0sj Only Newspaper ' j Printed In La Gnutde " - ' : Coverimr Union and '( ! J Oregon: fair tonight and Weunes- S I day; Hbrnter In Interior; gentle I J cliangeable Hindu. Local weather J Monday: max 74, mill BO above, clear. i Weather today: mln 48 above, at 7 J J a. m., 48, clear. J Wallowa Counties .i VOLUME 31 MKMBEH ASSOCIATED PBJBB8 AND A. & OL LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1933 KASTKRN OBBOON'a IiBADINO, ITEWSPAPBA NUMBER 246 M SCHOOL VOTE EJLEfflOK t EBERHARD, FREES AND INGLE WIN Lester Kingsley Misses Victory By Margin . of Five Votes. LARGEST TOTAL OF VOTES IN 12 YEARS Name of M. H. Allen Re tiring Board Member, Receives ,Notable Sup port at Polls. In the contest which brought out the largest vote cast In La Grande ot a school election In the last 12 years, Colon K, EUerhard. and Dr. J. L. Ingle were yesterday elected to ithe school board for three year terms, 'and Mrs. Norman Frees lor the two year term. A bare margin ot five votes separ ated Dr. Ingle's election Irom that of Lester kingsley. the closest runner up In the three year contest where lour candidates vied tor honors. Dr. Ingle received a total ot 449 votes and Kingsley, 444. Total vote cast In the election was 056. divided at the two precincts as lollows: Central, school, 694; Green wood, school, 261.- The north side gave heavy major ities to Kingsley and Mrs. Frederick Gehring over Eberhard and Dr. Ingle Kingsley led Ingle In this precinct by 191 to 63. A feature of the election was the writing In of the name of M., H. Allen, retiring member of the board but not an announced candidate. Mr. Allen received a total of 238 votes In the two precincts, for the two year term against Mrs. Frees. In the Greenwood precinct Allen received 118 votes to Mrs. Frees, 77. A few scattered votes which did not figure In the total wrote ln;the name, of Allen for the two year .term, and Eberhard for the.'the three' year term. The name of August stange (Continued on Page Two) . How They Voted Greenwood Central Total Eberhard Gehring Ingle Kingsley Frees Allen ; 66 ' 460 . 606 138 171 310 63 396 " 449 191 263 ' 444 77 471 I 648 118 120 ,' 238 Replevin Case Before Judge In Circuit Court Judge J. W. Knowles Is hearing the ense of W. W. Zurcher vs. J. H. Mun hall for the replevin of an automobile today In the circuit court. The sec ond day of the case opened with the attorneys receiving the testimony of witnesses, and the case "was expected to go to the Jury late this afternoon. Mr. Munhall. repossessed an auto mobile that Mr. Zurcher received from him but which was completely pnld for. ' The latter claims that Mr. Munhall had no right to take the car back. Jurors on the case are Elsie Clark, John Broomfleld, Fred Balmes,. Ar thur Cuslck, Lyle Wilson, Ira Oant rell. William Shaw, Burton Swan, Dollle Dalilstrom. Mary Simmons, Katie Wooden andi Burr Smtthers. WILL VISIT EXPOSITION Miss Elnora Hansen left yesterday for Chicago where she will visit the Century of Progress exposition. She will be Joined at Salt. Lake City by Miss Valette Harer, of La Grande, who has been teaching this year at Sonora, Cal. The young women will stop also at Shelton, Nebr. to visit friends. They plan to be gone from here for about six weeks. 1 NORMAL ARTISTIC' Artistic use of white space with a modernistic effect marks the B. O. ".. annual publication of the East n Oregon Normal school. Just off the press. A euede cover of white Is the background for the design of fown, typical of the Indian art hlch has Its setting in Eastern Ore Son. The same design la carried out w green paper on the dividing pages throughout the book. The E. O. N. Is dedicated to "that Intangible quality known as school "Pint which is evidenced by the pur Poses, activities and achievements of . "'e school to which It belongs." "ve sections comprise the book: ad WILL ROGERS 'mut BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June 19 There alnt but one way of (these for eign princes (or so-called title birds) to prove it to Americans, and that Is for one of 'em to marry a poor girl. Then we will knovhe Is" a prince. Fov In all our story rook reading, the prince always married the poor girl. Mr. Roosevelt went out on what he hoped would be a quiet private cruise. All that followed him was u battle ship, three coast guard' cutters, three shiploads ot newspaper men and two of camera men. Talk about a gossipy old woman wanting to see and hear everything, American newspapers make an ama teur out of her for hanging on the back fence and peeping In the key hole. If I was him I would make a paracnute jump some tune ana see If I couldn't get a . few seconds of privacy. Yours, PYTHIANS ENJOY FINE CONFERENCE WITH CHANCELLOR Dunn Addresses Audience Of 150 Pythians From Eastern Oregon Last Night. . The world needs more acts of friendliness and kindness which were practically forgotten in the rush of prosperity and world progress, James Dunn Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, told a large delegation of Knights who gathered In La Grande yester day. "The friendly act" , was the theme of the address whV.Uhe .de livered at the K. of P. hall In tn- Odd Fellows building lost night. The depression has brought people closer, together and) back to a spirit of neighboril'riess '.and .frlendneS;.RJ which fra't'crnalism Is "based'. ' V, ;. (Continued on Page Three) - 86 LOCAL MEN NOW IN FORESTS . - Eighty-six men, taken from the unemployed rolls of the Union coun ty relief committee, have been sent Into the national forests from Union county, J. H. Peare, chairman, an nounces. Of the total 37 are of the ages from 18 to 25, and 49 are ex perienced woodsmen, all having de pendants. The aggregation from Union coun ty have -oecn divided among the three forests, the experlenred woodsmen go ing to Baldy Mt. camp In the Whit man forest, and the Frog Heaven crjnp, near Frazlor, In the Umatilla forest.. The younger boys are at the Imnaha camp In the Wallowa reserve. Mr. Peare expects a call to com plete the quota allowed, to the coun ty sometime' this week. The exact quota has not yet been announced. YOUNGEST TO GET DEGREE The youngest scholar to -receive a Ph. D. degree from the American university at Washington. D.- C Is Vernon L. Wilkinson, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilkinson, Okanogan, Wash., and the cousin of Mrs. J. H. Blunt, of La Grande, and the Wilkin sons of High VaUey. He graduated from the high school In Okanogan at the top of his class In 1926, and went to Whitman col lege. Walla Walla, where he was again valedictorian In 1930. I He studied languages and Interna tiona! law at the University of Paris fori a year, on a Carnegie scholarship, and returned to the American univer sity, where he completed four years' work in two. He plans a career In the diplomatic corps and his doctor ate thesis was on "The Department of State, Its Functions, Its History and Its Operation." ANNUAL CREATION ministration, which Includes the in dividual pictures of the faculty; classes, in which pictures of the en tire student body are arranged in an interesting manner employing the liberal use of white space; activities, athletics and humor. Donrr Poarch, of La Grande. Is edi tor of the E. O. N. for which Miss Thclma Whaley, art supervisor, was faculty advisor. Other members of the staff are Edna Brown, assistant edi tor; Roy Nelson, business manager; Dorothy Hl'.l, assistant business man ager; Elma Dunham, art; Pauline (Continued on Page Three) Pittman EXPERIMENT WORK FUNDS WONT BE CUT Senator McNary Assured Proposed Cut Will Be Deferred For Time SEN. ROBINSON . GIVES HIS WORD Agricultural Experiment Funds Were to Be Cut 25 Per Cent By Budget Officials. WASHINGTON, June 20 VP) As surances that budget officials would not 'curtail agricultural experiment work by 25 per cent were given to day by Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the Demccratla leader. , Senator McNary, of Oregon, the Re publican leader, protested to Robin- . (Continued on Page SlxV Red Cross Swim Week Will Open Thursday Night Through the activities of the Bed Cross many Uvea are saved from drowning every year, and it Is that fact that makes National Swim week one of the important functions of the organization. Red Cross Swim Week will be held here, beginning Thurs. day, at the Cove natatorlum under (La direction of Misses Myrtle Hoyt and Marguerite Klopfensteln, both excellent swimmers who will give ln- --T 7 ? v ".- ' ,- -J -.(Continued bfl Page Three) ; BOOKS LOANED TO LOCAL LIBRARY Miss Mabel Doty, librarian at the La Grande public library, announced today that . the state library has loaned a number of Interesting books which are now available to local people. Among the books received are the (Continued on Pago Two) IMPROVEMENT CLUB MEETS The North Side Improvement club, organized to foster the. bcautlf lcatlon of homes and gardens on the north side of town, will meet tomorrow af ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Second Ward L. D. ed today. , S. church, lt Is announo- m ' ip only 'D . I -OnnnnOA fiSM4'0?f iftt invests? rvv I ,vOOOuw" PSKSof - .S.- $M MONEY A. FEW Si- 'F ONLY I'D ' . ' : . , ' Resolution Presented At SCENE or GANGLAND'S GREATEST AFFRONT TO LAW n It iViHi 1 This tcU'phiilo picture from Chicago shows thu scene nt Union Station Plaza, In Kansas City, Mo., vherc a recaptured convict and four tifflcers were killed In the uutu td the right of . the picture; they u-cro trupped between the crossfire of. two machine guns. The bodies of Detectives Grooms and: Ilermansoii of the Kansas City force are shown on the pavement. The bodies of the other men are In , 5 the car at the right. ' '" .. . . r NATIONAL GUARD FIRING BIG GUNS ON COAST TODAY FORT STEVENS, Ore., June 20 VP) h.:- tfcunder: sot big - guns -roared over the coastline here today as bat teries of the 249th cout artillery of the Oregon national (Juard strlved for new records as they hurled great shells at moving targets nearly seven miles out to sea. Three batteries of the 240th artil lery today began their quota of ser vice firing on the ten-Inch rifles and 12-inch mortars, a part of the annual training period on the Clatsop coast. While the serenity of the lower Col umbia was being rent by the blasts t" (Continued on Page Two) . Eastern Oregon Librarians Hold Annual Meeting UNION, Or., July 20 (Special-) The fourth annual convention of the Eastern Oregon Library associa tion opened at the Woman's club house Saturday morning with the (Continued on Pago Six; HURRAH THE MARKET f V Three States To Vote On Repeal 3 ! Measure Today . i ;By tlio Associated Prctw Iowa and the New England states of New Hampshire and Connecticut vot&Hoday-on -repeal of the prohibi tion amendment, 1 ' ' Prohibitionists conceded defeat In Connecticut, a state which never gave Its approval to the eighteenth (Continued on Page Two) SCHOOL ELECTION IS HELD AT COVE COVE .(Special) The annual school meeting was held hero yester day with 41 votes cast in the election of directors. Thomas Towle wos re elected director to serve for three years. A, A Antles was nominated but refused i the nomination. Mrs. Georeanna Chadwick was a candl duW. Mrs. Fannie E. Con kiln was ro-elected as clerk for one year. Hers was the only nomination and her election was unanimous. A lively discussion was made over the number of teachers for the High school as the board had decided to (Continued on Paaro Two) IS UP! t ift- s ALA- 1LS wU FORMER LEGION COMMANDER DIES OF SEVERE BURNS SIIREVEPORTLa.,' June SO yp) TJ - American Legion, -.which- Major O. L. Bodenhamcr served as national commander, made plans today to bury him with all its honors. Louis A. Johnson, ,tho present ina tlonal commander, .will attend the funeral personally if possible, ho said at his homo 'in Clarksburg, W.;Va. Johnson described Bodenhamer, burn ed falul'y when his clgaret sot off gases In an oil field, near Henderson, Texas, as "one of the most beloved of the legion's national commanders." Bodenhamcr, 40 years old, was elected to the high post in 1920. The accident occurred when Boden hamer, en route from Henderson to Houston on business, stopped at his oil lands In the East Texas fields to confer with an assistant, - R. O. Cook, about reopening five wells. Bodenhamer was standing about (Ccntlnued on Page Two Barbara Hutton Marries Prince In Paris Today PARIS, June 20 P) Barbara Hutton, blonde American heiress whose fortune is estimated at $30, 000,000, married Prince Alexis Mdiv ani, member of the Mdlvanl family of Czarlst Georgia, today, in a olvil ceremony at the Malrle of the 10th Arrondissement. A religious rite will be celebrated Thursc'tay at the Russian Orthodox church, They plan a wedding trip to Italy, By a marriage contract, signed be fore the ceremony, the bride retains (Continued on Page Two) GILBERT BLUNT GETS DEGREE One- of the graduates of the Wash ington State college this June Is Oil bcrt M. Blunt, son of J. H. Blunt, of the local high school. He secured his Bachelor of Sclenco and also his Bachelor of Arte in 1031 and taught sclenco In tlio high school in Colfax, Wash. He was granted a fellow ship la zoology by tho state board or, regents and has now completed his requirements for his master's degree which ho received recently. , He plans to continue the study of medicine. . Wheat Today CHICAGO. June 20 (P) Aggressive profit taking sales turned all grains downwurd late today, with traders in fluenced by Indications tho heat wave northwest had boon broken. More than cents bushel was clipped from tho day's tofl figures for wheat. Numerous crop damage re ports from American and Canadian spring wheat territory wore Ignored late. Wheat closed unsettled, & c under yesterday's finish, corn 1c down, ats unchanged to cents lower, and provisions varying from 20 cents decline to a rise of 30 cents. World Conference JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ; ,i . U. P. EARNINGS INCREASE . Sl'lT AGAINST TRUCK LAW Slll.MWAY NEW GRAIN HEAD .. . , ... ...... JIOl'E FOR WHEAT AGREEMENT NEW YORK, June ISO VP) The Union I'aclflu lUillroad Co., today re ported May net operating Income of I,ST(I,BH4 compared with 5!l,333 In May, 11)32.; Union I'oclflc'n tramc this month' tew continued to run ahead of a year ago, President Carl Gray Bald. - The Increased movement of lumber wot a material factor In the Improvement In revenues. SALEM. June 20 VP) Suit asking that the bus and truck lnv be cje- clored Invalid was' filed In the Mar lon county circuit court today by A. c. Anderson, president of the Truok Owners ana-Formers' Protec tive association. A temporary retain ing order to prevent operation of the law while the Issue Is pending was also asked. Charles M, Thomas, pub Mo utilities comjmlssloner, Is made defendant In the action. ; . fil'OKANE, June 20 (fl) A. . K. Hnumway, or Milton, Ore., was re elected president of the North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc., northwest mar keting co-oiemt!ve at the annual meeting here last night. LONDON,, June 20- P) Definite progress In negotiations by the "big four" wheat producing countries to ward reaching an agreement for con trol of prodiuctlon was reported' au thoritatively In world economic con ference quarters today. I! AY DEFER eucnoNiN RAIL J AGES -WASHINGTON, June 20 . (VP) JtaU road management today received a suggestion from administration sources that proposed wage reduc tions be postponed., . .- Joseph B. Eastman, coordinator of transportation, conferred in art un official capacity this morning with the , management committee of the earriors whloh is handling a proposal, for i a permanent reduction of 22 per cent In railroad wages,' v "The course of events," he said, ''will depend on subsequent develop ments. We had a most satisfactory conference and there probably will be more meetings. . - . . "The wage situation was discussed from the management viewpoint. One of the questions considered was whether there should be a postpone ment of tho issue. At this time, no Information Is possible as to what will-occur.' Eastman la understood to be repre senting Presldont Roosevelt in the negotiations. BARGES MAY PLY UPPER COLUMBIA PORTLAND, June 20 VP) Opera tion of transport barges on the upper Columbia river appeared definitely nearer (realization today In view of the action yesterday by Major Gen eral Lytle Brown, chief of army en gineers, In recommending a 7-foot channel 150 foot wide from Celllo Falls to Wallula. Portland trade circles were enthu siastic over the news from Washing ton, D. C. Shippers said this was the first Btep toward ultimate Im provement of the Columbia and Snake rivers for extension of the inland watr transportation system far Into the productive agricultural country of the Inland Empire. "Upon completion'" said R. H. Klpp, of the Columbia Valley association, "this project will permit river boats and barges to reach one million toiiB more of 'Wheat and other products. Including potatoes, wool, apples and canned goods, and by the use of trucks possibly will reach Into the . . (Continued on Page Three) j INQUIRING Bach day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the round! two persons j will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked torn I question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the I Liberty : Theatre. The current ntt ractlon Is Lee Tracy In "The I Nubtance". L Beforo every encounter of any kind thero are always a largo group, par tisans of one sltNe or the other, who know for a certainty whose going to win and why. Already there havo been many argumonts as to tho out come of the Sharkcy-Cumera fight on June 29. Loren Carver, 803 Fifth Street, says, "Camera will win that tight because NATIONS NOV CONSIDERING SILVER PLAN Secretary of State Hull Greatly Encouraged at ; Reception of Scheme MANY NATIONS IN , AGREEMENT '. ' ' "'' I Talk About Adjournment By Gold Bloc Quieted By Attitude, Toward - Pittman Silver Plan. ' By DeWItt Mackenzie LONDON, June 30 () BttUbto Key PJttman's monetary resolution, the main purpose of which la the row habltltatlon of silver, was the domin ant Issue before the world eoonamio conference today and received such, support that ,both Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the senator later declared they were very much 'en couraged. ; In connection with the discussion ' of this Important resolution, the .Am erican representatives made two vital points definitely clear:. - That the resolution not only baa the approval of the American delega tion but "meets with the. approval at the president of the. United States." That the United States government will not return to the gold stand? until it Is sure that standard .will work.''-"' "'" ' '. It was Mr; Warburg who told -tha committee - bluntly that America would not aocept the gold tendard . (Continued on Page Three) STABILIZATION : IS NOT LIKELY ' WASHINGTON1, June 20 VP) 1 No stabilization of currencies In the medlate future Is foreseen by tlh United States government. The belief oT the administration was expressed through the treasury today that the time had not yet ar rived to .consider qurrency stabiliza tion and .that the settlement of th question would depend upon 'devel opments. . - . It was said conditions In fchla country, are proceeding satisfactorily without stabilization and that, by waiting until conditions reach a more "normal" level, the true worth? of various currencies could be deter mined. ' The explanation of the govern ment's attitude toward; the question followed the treasury's attitude yee- f.nrrtnV t.hnt tha Amadn-n nn,,-nM-nfr could not consider entering Into an agreement at the London economic conference to stabilize currencies, 'ex cept In light of solution of many other problems facing the conference. Today's Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game) R. H. B. Cincinnati 4 7 3 Philadelphia 7 18 a - Kolp, Benton and Lombard); Jack son and Davis. v B. H. B. Pittsburgh 1 8 11 0 Boston ...j. a 8. 1 Swift and Grace; Zachary, Starr, Frunkhouso,' Brandt and Hogan, Mar grave. R. H. K. Chicago ........ 5 12 1 Now York :.. 8 7 3 Tinning, Grimes and Hartnett; Boll. Spencer, Hubbsll and Mancuso, (2nd Game) R. H. B. Cincinnati : .. S 10 a FlhlladoHphla r 7 is 0 Dorrlnger, Frey, Qulnn and Hem sloy; Collins and Davis. R. H. E. St, Louis ........'.....18 17 a Brooklyn 4 11 8 Hallahan, Johnson and J. Wilson: Mungo, Ityuti, Helmach and Lopez, Outcn. REPORTER of tho advantage of more weight. He Is 80 pounds heavier than Sharkey." Otis Veal, 003 Main street, believes "that the advantage of weight will not be as great as the advantage of more experience. He says, "Sharkey should win the fight by a knockout (or a foul), because he has more ex-, perlence than the Italian."