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. -. .. '
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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.
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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,
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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
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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