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I WGATHEa FORECAST I Oregon: Fair tonight and Tliuri- ! I day) temperature above normal In ! the interior; gentle northerly winds. Local weotber Tuesday; Max 83, inlu ! I 58 above, clear. Toduy: Mln 57, at 1 ft. ni.. 11.1. plMir. -. .. ' Only Newspaper . . Printed In La Grande i vovmng union ufl ? i Wallowa Counties' i : . ' . . : '. i..., VOLUME mkmbkb octo a a LAGRDfr PRECOX -.--li MAY MALT MOMMY MSQMKM JXPliJ Srhnnl Rrinirri Tti TKwf E5ERHARD CHOSEN TO HEAD GROUP Vote is Canvassed And ? Found to Be Correct As Published. ORGANIZATION IS COMPLETED Buell Vice. Chairman of Board; Williams Given Secretary's Position Again. : - Colon R. . Eberhard - was elected chairman, anq say Buell, vice chair man, of the school board last night when they held en. opsonization meeting u& t:ai ociock ai me or tlces at Depot and Washington. The business of the board was concluded In one hour, and the meeting was marked by. cordiality and was pleas ant, harmonious and expeditious. The vote, polled Monday In the school election, . was canvassed and was found to be the same- as that published yestercfay In the Evening Observer: Mr. Eberhard, 505; Dr. J. L. Ingle, 449; 1. P. Klngsley, 444; Mrs. Frederick Gehrlng, 310, for the three year terra; Mrs. N. W. Frees, 648, and M. P. Allen, 238, for the two-year term.' Mr. Allen's name was not on the. ballot, .but . was written In by a large number of people. Mr. .Buell, vice chairman, declared Mr. Eberhard and Mr. Ingle members for a three-year term and Mrs. N. W. Frees, member for a two year term.. Evans Pledged Support The board passed a resolution ex pressing confidence in the ability and success of Supt.-Elect Herbert Evans and pledged him' their-uniform sup port."- The resolution, wnamad and. (Continued on- Page Two) ! MUNHALL WINS JURY VERDICT A Jury found a verdict In favor of J. L. Munhall and wife, the defend ants In the suit brought against them In the olrcult court by W. W. Zuroher and J. B. Zuroher for dam ages on a charge of wrongfully tax- uig possession oi an auxomoDiie. -ne Jury returned the verdict this morn ing. - - . Mr.. Munhall repossessed an auto mobile which Mr. Zurcher had re ceived from him but not completely paid for. and the latter charged that the defendant, who Is the owner of the Munhall Motor Co., had no right to take the oar back. Green and Hess, represented the defendants, and the plaintiff was represented by Bur leigh and Burleigh.- Judge J. W. Knowles who presided in the case excused .the Jury until further call, and the case Is the last to be tried at the present session of the circuit court, HUMPHREYS RETURN FROM JOURNEY EAST Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Humphreys re turned to La . Grande . yesterday at the end of a five-weeks Journey which took them to Columbus. O., where they attended the general as sembly of the Presbyterian church. They left here on Moy 12, Mr. Hum phreys having been elected as the lay delegate from the Grande Honde Presbytery, which Includes Union, Wallowa, Baker, Grant, Harney, and Malheur counties. While ln Columbus Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys had the opportunity of viewing the world-famous picture. Whistler's "Mother", now valued at 5oo,ooo. The painting was on ex- (Contlnued On Page Four) MANY TOURISTS VISITLA GRANDE La Grande led other cities on the Old Oregon Troll east of the Cascades 'n registerlne non-resident motor ve hicles during the first five months ui me year with a total or aw. ac cording to latest compiled figures re ceived here from the secretary of state's office In Salem. In addition to that Is another feather in La Grande's cap with the figures also showing a lead of S3 over Baker, and o' 71 over Pendleton during the month of May. Huntington, however, gained over this city during last month with 203 to our 180. Tourist trafflo through La Grande Is quite heavy now, and the number of registrations la no Index to the JLtTijFi4 ROGER? BEVERLY HILLS. Cel.. June 30 When the economic conference first met in London, there.: was a great deal of doubt as to Just what were its hopes and alms: Well, after 10 days, we are no longer In doubt. They had three reasons for meeting. . The first was to cancel the debt to Ani erlca, -the second was to cancel the debt to America and the third was to cancel the debt to America. From then on they could take up any little loose odds and ends such as lowering American tariffs, stabiliz ing American money above the price of their own. With these accomplished, they could all go home and if things didn't pick up In their own coun tries, think up something else to blame America for, then meet and have another conference, Yours, . IMI. MaHMtkt Irasta&IM MAKING EFFORTS TO BUILD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Portland Woman-Here To . Aid Local Association And Confer With Coun ty Nurse and Officers, Miss Edna Flanagan) "of. Portland, representative of the Oregon tuber- oulosls association, Is in La Grande to assist Jflss Alice Marquardt, county health nurse, and the Union County Public Health ' association In building up 'a county-wide organiza tion Most of the county-wide chair men have' been - appolnted-vand- .they will appoint their committees In vari ous other Motions M-'taic-TOHntT; Miss Flanagan also Dlans to visit other towns in Union and Wallowa; (Continued on Page Four First Marriage Licenses Issued Under New Laws The first marriage licenses to be issued by County Clerk O. K. Mc cormick since the new three-day law went into effect were granted, one yesterday arternoon to John Dicken son and Evelyn Bowman, both of North Powder, and the other this morning to James F. Markham and Myrtle Murals, both of Elgin, - Mr. McCormick finds that the new law requiring that the parties apply for a marriage license three days before it Is granted has not ourtailed the number of licenses Issued to any extent in this county because of its distance from adjoining states.. EVANS IS ' GIVEN LEAVE Bupt.-Elect Herbert Evans, of the La Grande public schools, was grant ed a leave of absence until August 1, by the school board at their meet ing last night. Mr. Evans plans to take summer work from-the Univer sity of Oregon this summer. He left last night, accompanies Dy Mrs. Evans and their family for Western Oregon. RETURNS TO PASCO, WASH. Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, who hos spent the post two weeks In La Grande visiting witn ner Drotner-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wight, left lost night to return to her home at Pasco, Washi: She was occomponicd by Mr. end Mrs. Wight; the former will return to La Grande today and the latter plans to remain for about a week's visit, volume since many state cars stop here on their way en route to the World's Pair at Chicago. Figures for the first five months show La Grande with a total of 390 registrations; Huntington, 348; Pen dleton, 310, and Baker. 264. Total state registration was heavier In May than last year with 7.371 as compared to 6,451. However, the five-month total was only 18,880 com pared to 21,265 for the same period last year. Registrations by various cities dur ing Moy were: Ashland 1,362, Grants Pass 1.223, Portland 422, Medford403, (Continued On Page Four) jlfE X - tf OV Medal to Mbhler Orv Mohler, Trojan football star, went collegiate anain this time to rentive the U. S. 0. diamond medal -for. "physical skill and courage." WHEAT PLANS ARE State : College. . Extension bervice Gets News On v: Domestic Allotment.. CORVALLIS. Ore.! Juno 21 Or TV MneatiB4imammi'.-taii'.'tel apples to wheat' production In Ore gon was discussed in Information received by the state college extension service here today from Washington, l. u in wnicn the first details were given of the plan by which Oregon wheat farmers will share In cash benefits under the new agricultural adjustment act this fall. Work Through Counties -The plan colls for decentralized administration by counties, payment of two-thirds of the first cosh bene fits by about Sept. 16, acreage reduc- (Contlnuod on Page Two) ' GRALAPP TO CALIFORNIA Arnold L. Gralapp, principal of the La Grande High school, plans to leave later this week tor Berkeley, Col., where he will continue his work tor an advanced degree during the summer session. He will be accom panied by Ms, Gralapp and their son, Lei and. : , y BACK HOME , - .so r SAID J .: ir-r . Ttfo-f ,J tiny THREE MORE STATES JOIN REPEAL RANK Iowa Swings Away From Her Traditional Dry Stand Yesterday. THREE TO TWO VOTE ROLLED UP Connecticut and New Hampshire Go Wet As Expected, But, Vote is Light in D ormer. .'., By The Associated Press Long-dry Iowa, with Connecticut and New Hampshire, today brought to 14 the states which. In unbroken succession have voted to knock the eighteenth amendment! oub of the constitution. . 1 The Hawkeye state's .swing away from the position she .had maintained for nearly two decades loft dry flx lng their hope wf or. a halt In, the par ade on Alabama and Arkansas, both voting July 18. ' . ' i ' ' In' the doubtful column when the balloting1 began, Iowa brought In a, substantial majority for the repeal amendment, even though it woe not ' (Continued on Page Four) La Grande Young People Enjoying Summer Session OREGON STATE COLLEGE), Cor- vallls, June 21 Grace Hancke and Kail Hermann,. of Lb Grande,-inem-v bers of the: 4-K clubs) of Union coun ty are among the 650 dub boys and girls and 40 leaders completing a busy two weeks Junior sumrrer ses sion here on this campus. Though (Continued From Page Four) GASOLINE0 PRICE UP La Grande motorists dug deeper In their pockets for1, gasoline money yes terday, the third time this month, The increase in price was general throughout the state. The (two pre vious advances were tax increases, but today's rise In price is due to an advance on fche product. : ' The retail price of Ethyl and first grade gasoline advanced one-half cent a gallon, and third structure fuel was up one cent a gallon today. Last week the motorist was caught for a half cent Increase In the federal tax, and on June 9 he started paying an ad ditional one-cent state tax, the result of lower license fees. - Well Backed for A "perfect back" contest will be a feature of the California Health Show and Trades Exposition at has Angeles late this month, Judith Allen being examined by Dr. Lester V. Donovan proves you're glad to - - . , see her back, even though she has a pretty face. Jimmie Mattern Is Given 50 - 50 Chance of Life NEW YORK, June 21 tm Whether Jimmie Mattern is dead or alive de pends on where ho met misfortune on his attemntodl round-the-world tjlght, his representative, Jack Clark, itid- today .-.. ,!, No word has been heard from Mot- torn since a week ago. today whon ne took off from Khabarovsk, Siberia, for Nome, Alaska. I still give Jimmie a 50-60 chance of being safe." Clark sold. If anything happened to his motor or plane while ho was flying over lond I, think it is reasonable to be lieve he is safe. Jimmie hos been in so many scraps before that I think he could safely pull out of another one." , RAILS MAY NOT ASK FURTHER CUT WASHINGTON, June 21 (IP) I dicatlons were seen hero today that railroad managements will yield their insistence on a wage reduction for their employes to the administration request for a delay. - Although a complete backdown on fOnntlmieri nn Pim ffnu.t Perfect Contest HEAT WAVE GRIPS CONTINENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH By the Associated Press .. Torrid temperatures spreading over mr-uung sections of the nation added to; the number of deaths of a: record: Dreoxing dupe heat- wove, i Away down south in Atlanta, Ga, ioiks nerspiroa whan the mercury climbed to 67 and up north along tno snores or uiko superior at Bu perior, Wis., it -was only one degree cooler, But definite relief was promised oy ino wcathor man for some sec tions of the mlddlo west today as summer modo Its official debut. Rains which sent thcrmometor read- (Contlnnod on Page Four) MOLEY SAILING , TO CONFERENCE NEW YORK, Juno 21 (P) Raymond P. Moley, asBistnnt secretary of state, sailed for London today, saying that America May expect "definite results" from the work of its delegation to the world economic conference. 1 Moley sailed on the liner Manhat- tan - as a special representative of President Roosevelt, with whom he had a conference yesterday. Ho wos occompaniod by Herbert (Continued On Pago Pftur) 4-L Board Will Meet Tomorrow PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 21 ln For tha purpose of agreeing on minimum wage scales and regulations for the logging and lumber manufacturing Industry of Oregon, Washington, Cali fornia, Idaho and Montana, tlio board of directors of the Loyal Legion of Loggors and Lumbermen will meet here tomorrow for a special three day conference. DRIVES TO WALLA WALLA Mrs. Hay Mcyorslck drove to Walla Wulla lost night for on overnight visit with her mothor, Mrs. Ida Smiley. Mrs. Smiley plans to return to Lb CHniulo for a visit with her daughter and son-in-law. Wheat Today OHIOAOO, Juno 21 W) Indica tions of a return of hot weather northweut did much to glvo a strong upward slant to wheat and other cer eals today. Unfavorable crop reports wero i dominating factor, with spring wheat advlcos bullish both as to American and Canadian prospects. There wos also an Increased disposition to con sider winter wheat damage, especially adverse reporta from Illinois and In diana, At tho last September and Decem ber wheat and distant deliveries of corn reached now high price records for tho sooson. Wheat closed buoy ant, 2ct2?4o above yesterday's finish, corn lii53c up, oats ls-lKo ad vanced, and provisions varying from 12c decline to a rise of 2o, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ''"' 1 '"-.!.;. : V, 8. DELEGATION IN HUDDLE ' ',." '' IDAHO LEGALIZES BEER - .' $80,000,000 FOR NAVV ". RELIEF FUNDS FOR OREGON LONDON, June 21 jp) The Am erlcan delegation to the world eco nomlo conference received fresh in- structlons from President Roosevelt this afternoon, It was authoritatively learned. The nature of these In structions was not divulged. The en tire American delegation went Into conference lata In the afternoon with Secretary of State Cornell Hull at nu noteil. , , . v BOISE, Idaho. June 21 UP) The Idaho state senate today passed the final one of two Mils legalizing and regulating 3.2 per cent beer In Idaho and Gov. Ross announced he would lgn the measures as soon, an they wero delivered to lum. The senate vote was 36 to 0, two absent. Both bills, already naesed bv the house, , went through tile senate unamended, . ' WASHINGTON. June 81 m The acting secretary of the navy, Henry L. Roosevelt, said today, the navy plans t spend 180,000,000 on ship con struction In the 1834 fiscal year, which begins July 1, SALEM, June 21 UP) Authorisa tion of 250,684 federal unemploy ment relief money for Oregon . -has been! made,. Governor Julius L, Meier was advised today. The money, rep resenting second quarter relief funds. will be distributed through county re- uei ccanmrttees. : - - - - ' HITLERITES IN RAIDS ON NATIONALISTS i,.BEBUN, -June, 21. .UP). Chancel. lor Adolf Hitler's Nazi administration moved against Dr. Alfred Hugenborg's Nationalist party today with a series of raids in whloh one man was killed and with orders dissolving the No tlonallst auxiliary organisations. The fatality occurred at Frankfort on-the-Odor, whore a man was shot during a raid on the party head, quarters. - - - . ur. iiugonoerg.who recently re turned from London after he had been virtually ropudloted by other Qorman delegates to the world econ (Continued on Pngo Two) : Hawley Decries Pension Cut By Administration SALEM, June 21 VP) Ex-Ropre- sontotlvo W. O. Hawley paid tribute to Olvll war veterans hero last night ana ceciaroa the oountry needed t rovlvol of patriotism. ; Pension cuts wero decried by Haw ley In his speech. The Orond Army of the Republio mon "saved a repub- no as a repuuuo and not a republic to oecome an empire," he Bald, "I beliove in tho pension system, novo not behoved in what they aro aoing now regarding pensions, Tho men who went to war owed no great er service than those who stayed at home, and those -who Btayod at home and didn't go to war owe an obit gatlon to thoso who went In time of need." . . ' Hawley disapproved! President Roosevelt's action In bringing about pension cuts "to save (400.000,000." Tho pension system, he asserted, has savod cities, countlos and states vast sums, . PLAY TENNIS MATCH SUNDAY There wlli bo a tennis match be tween the combined teams of Imblcr and Union versus La Orando on the Union courts tills Sunday. This will bo the first of four intercity matches botween tho two teams. There will also bo a mooting of all tennis club members Thursday ove nlng at 7:30 o'clock. In tho offlco of Ohae. H. Reynolds. . INQUIRING Bach day as the Inquiring Reporter Dl'i'i' im, iiwiuurn on me oirees corner and asked sonss question 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 attmrtloii Is l,ee Tracy In "The Nuisance". Another of tho marrying Mdlvanl boys, princes of Georgia, has tripped to the altar with an American girl, Barbara Hutton, who has 20,000,- 000 In her own right. Serge andi David, his brothers, both married motion picture stars, the former the temperamental Pola Negri and later Mory McCormlc, grand opera singer, and David to May Murray, of motion picture fame. Mrs. E. L. Knight, 1707 Second ACTION HAY BENECESSARY TO SAVE MEET MacDoriald and Leaders of Conference Consider-' ing Radical Measure. ' FRENCH PLEDGE ! CO-OPERATION. 't-;.-'.' , r-.. j- Bonnet Asks Stabilization But' Says France Will Work For Success of Conference. i By DMVItt MaeEenHs LONDON;' June 21 () prime Minister : fti. ; urm other leaders of tha world economic conference were , understood this af ternoon; to bo considering the radi cal step of Busperidlng discussion of all monetary matters and dealing only with economlo problems -In order to prevent the possible wrecking of the conference over the currency atablli zatlon Imbroglio. - ' . . . ' Oold standard countries were mini talking about forcing adjournment of the conference pending etabuizattoa of the American dollar and other ma Jon ourrenolea.. v. . . . , FRENCH MINISTER SPEAKS ' LONDON, June ill () Whal w taken by many delegates to be an In. dloatlon of . weakening in tha gold bloc drive for adjournment of tha world , economlo conference stabilization of the American dolLtr. came dramatically In an Imrmaalnns4 speech by Finance Minister Qsorasa Bonnet, of France, Just before thla morning's session wa adjourned. M, Bonnet's speech. In which h painted hlu picture of the dangers of inflation and; currency, depreolatton with a broad brush, was one of tola most eloquent efforts In the oonfer- (Oontlnuea on Page two) " '' JURY CHARGED D( MITCrlEL TRIAL By Irena A. Illckok - ' NEW VORK, ' June 21 OT-WerU Judge Henry W. Ooddard today charg ed the Jury whloh for the last month has hoard the evidence -in the- trial of Oharlos E. MItcholl, former obatrman of tho National Olty bank, on charges . juuumo ux evasion. . -., Judge Ooddard briefly reviewed the charges against Mitchell, - that . he mode fake soles of stock to his wife and to w. D. Thornton, mining man. In 1030 and 1930 to record losses so great that he paid no Income tax thoso years iind that he wrongfully failed to repVt In 1929, receipt of 886,66a,87 from a National Olty company management fund. With regard to the stock sales, the Judge pointed out that a sale would nob be genuine, even If formal docu ments were exchanged. If the inten tion of the participant was not to make it so. , -, - - "The problem for you to decide is whether or not that was a bona fide sale." Today's Baseball (First Gome) . R. H. B. Pittsburgh ,. 6 13 0 Boston ...M, o la i ,, Smith, Chognou, Kremer, Harris, French and Grace; Cantwell, Zach ary and Hogon, Spohrer. R. H. Chicago 13 1 New York ; 3 7 0 Malone find Hartnett; , Fltzslm- mons and Mancuso. (2nd Gome) R. H. K. Pittsburgh .t 3 8 0 Boston 8 12 1 Swetonlo, Chognon and Grace: Frankhouao, Starr, Mangum and Spohrer. AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. K. Washington 9 18 0 Chicago 0 9 1 Whltchlll and Sewell: Qregory, Klmsey and Grubs, n REPORTER j nukes the rounds two person : street, says, "When bigger and bet ter titles are-made In Europe Ameri can heiresses will probably marry them." - - Mrs. Albert Wardell, Island City, states that she has not thought par ticularly one way or the other with regard to American heiresses marry ing foreign titles. However, she says, "I don't believe It makes any dlt. ference to me whether they do or do not." - - . ... .1
