La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 22, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI WBATHEB FORECAST J J Oregon) Fair tonight and Friday. temperature somewhat above normal I J In Interior! gentle changeable winds. j Local weather Wednesday: Man 11), i I mln 57' above, clear; today: nun 47 ! J above, ail 7 a. m., 07, dear, r ... 1 fawtttn Only Newspaber Printed in La Grande .: Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 mwmhith AaaOCIATfZD PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1933 EASTERN OIUCGON'g IiKADING WWKPAPKR NUMBER 248 AGREE TO DEFE1 SlIIIi femur Ml W IM1 Commission Considers Water Problem PREPARING PIPE LINE ESTIMATES McAllister and Stockman Working On Beaver Creek Project. GROUP REQUESTS LOWER WATER RATE City. Will Furnish The Water For Operation of Crystal Plunge; Lions . Pay For Pumping. Estimates on replacing the Boavcr creek pipeline from the intake to the reservoir, are being drawn up by Olty Manager Angus McAllister and L. R. 'Stockman, of 'Baker, who told mem bers of the city commission last night at their meeting at the city hall that the data will be completed for presentation at the next meeting of the group on Wednesday, June 28. The project Is one of six which are being worked on by a committee selected from seven city organizations and which will .be presented under the national public works program. ' The project will be submitted to the vote of the people-at the Bpeclal election on July 21 and will be ready. (Continued on Page Eight) AMERICAN LEGION HAS 100 MEMBERS With , the membership in the Am erican Legion aggregating 100 as the result of . a recent 'drive, the' post will hold a "membership feed" to honor the new legionnaires Friday evening at 6 o'clock at Riverside park. It was decided last night when they met at 8 o'clock at the Bacajowea Inn: The Dutch lunch will be for . members of the legion only. ' Action on the Fourth of July cele bration was not taken lost night but is expected to be settled tonight at a meeting of the executlvo board fol- (Contlnued on Page Slx( EAGLES ATTEND BURNS MEETING ' The mixed drill team of the La Grande aerie of the Eagles lodge, winners of the district convention banner for the exhibition drill, left this morning for the state convention .at Burns where they plan to com-; pete for the state banner. ..They plan to return on Sunday. -l . ' : Those attending the convention are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bchultz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hiatt, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Clower, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hobson, John Hopkins, John Lambert, Mrs. Mabel Miller, Mrs. Reba Hough, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mnrovlch, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Patten, Mrs. Erna Giltner, Mrs. George- Frees and Fred Hof mann, captain. LOCAL BOYS START TOUR Russell Nelson and Robert Oesterl Ing are starting east this afternoon, destination New York City, if their "campus heop" will - make It. They carry their pent house with- them rigged out on the model T Ford. They plan to visit with relatives along the way and with Mr. Nelson's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Winchester ' Helcher, if they ar rive In New York City. . ' They : will ajjso see the World's fair and scenic spots along their route. Both attended the Eastern Oregon Normal school last year. Mr. Nelson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nelson and Mr. Oesterllng's parents are Mr. and! Mrs. W. E. Oesterllng. LOCAL PEOPLE USING MUCH WATER Llko the boarding house patron, It oil the water used in La Grande In one day. were piled up it would reach and reach and reach. About two mil lion gallons are used dally, one and one-half million coming from Beaver creek and the other one-half million Is pumped from the city wells. Two million gallons of water, fig uring 16 glosses to. the gallon, would total 32 million glasses of water used dally In La Orande, or 3073 per person, using the last census, which quoted la Or nee as having a popu WILL ROGERS BEVERLY Cel., June 21 Did you read this In the paper .this morning? There are 800 people (get that eight hundred) working In the library of congress. Dldnt know there . was anybody there but a watchman. Why that's a librarian to each book. Well, the Democrats have found that there la only 40 of these that are Democrats. The total salary In there is 778,360. So the Democrats figure- there Is about 1760,000 of this a total- waste to the country, unless they con get Democrats In there to help read the books for the congressmen. " i; The American dollar Is down to 76 cents abroad. Be a good time to go over and, buy some, for they are still worth 1.80, over here. Yours, RAILROADS WILL DEFER PROPOSED WAGE REDUCTION . WASHINGTON. June 22 UP) Rail roads have heeded a plea of the ad ministration to postpone until June 30, 193, a proposed new 13 V4 per cent pay cut for their workers. As a result, organized railroad labor until the middle of next year will, continue to work on the present schedule the old basic wage, less - (Continued on Page Six; BOYSCOUTSPASS BOARD OF REVIEW ' Merit badges will be awarded to a group of eight ' Boy Scouts at the court of honor to be held during the middle of July at Pine Cone. The boys passed the board of review last night at 7:30 o'clock at the office of Charles H. Reynolds. They are Dick Worrell, safety first; John Brlggs, scholarship; Eugene Winters, first class and first aid to animals; Don Brlggs, first , class; Frederick Loyd, second class; Don Miller, . second . class; Billy Hesse, pathfinder: Ray Witherspoon, tender foot. ' . Youths Refused ByC.M.T.C.To Receive Letters Hugh E. Brady, agent for Union ccunty in the public contacts of the Citizens Military Training camps, has received a letter from Lieut. Thomas J. Cross at Vancouver Barracks In regal d to the reduction of the appro priation for the camps this year, making necessary a nearly. 60 per cent cut In the ranks to be trained this summer. The officer in charge says that he is writing personal letters to every boy wno wob not accepted this year, explaining that the boy's failure to be chosen Is In no way , a discredit to him, but Is simply due to the unusual financial circumstances. He also wishes all boys Interested to loo!: forward to application for next, summer's camp which, It Is hoped, will not be curtailed. OPEN BIDS ON IMNAHA ROAD PORTLAND, June 22 (Special) Bids will be opened July 6 by W. H. Lynch, district engineer of the fed eral bureau of public roads, for grad ing the Enterprise - Imnaha forest highway, a distance of B!4 miles. This project known as the "Sheep Creek road," was on the program for Im provement early this spring but was postponed when unobligated funds were called In a few weeks ago by President Roosevelt. These funds have now been restored to the forest high way fund. lation of 8056, as the basis. Natur ally no one person could drink 3073 glasses of water a day, so a part of It Is utilized for bathing, washing clothes, dishes, sprinkling lawns, and what -not. If all that water were piled In a column one square foot In cross section It would reach approximately 50 miles Into the sky. If the column should fall, water, a foot In depth, would cover an area of 360,000 square feet. Or if piled five feet high It would cover an average city block. Degree at 16 Joseph Graves Jr, . Salinas, Cal., who entered Stanford University at 13, has graduated at 18, com-' pleting the four-year course in three to get his A, B. degree. SWIM WEEK WILL ATTRACT MANY Swimmers from Cove, Union and La Orande are expected to receive Instruction during the annual swim, week, which opens tonight at 7 o'clock at Cove natntorium. Misses Myrtle Hoyt and Marguerite Klop fensteln will have charge of the In struction In the correct swimming strokes demonstrated by E. R. Carl son, representative of the Red Cross, when be visited in La Grande last fall. : ;. l. ..-..... ' Instruction will continue every ove nthgr'xcepBtttuMayftrid '-Suridfvy,--for 10 days. A fee of $1.50 is being charged to .cover the complete course of instruction, the entire amount being used to pay for the swims. Instruction will be' given in be ginning. Junior and senior life saving ancfl swimming. Those wishing transportation to the natatorlum are asked to call either of the instructors. . Vegetables And Fruits to Come Under Farm Act WASHINGTON, June 32 ( Ad ministrators of the farm act have de cided to apply it to fruits and vege tables and other special crops which were not listed as bos to commodities (Continued on Page Eighty MITCHELL IS ACQUITTED OF CHARGES Jury Returns Not Guilty Verdict! After 24-Hour Deliberation. MITCHELL IN :' TEARS AT VICTORY Free of All Indictments In Trial For Alleged .Evasion of Federal In come Tax I jaws. NEW YORK, June 33 UP) Charles E. Mitchell, rormer chairman of the National Olty bank, was acquitted to day on all counts in the Indictment which .charged him with lncoma tax evasion. The jury took the case at 11:25 a. m., E. S. T. yesterday. It returned the verdict a little more than 24 hours lator. The charges against Mitchell, for many years one.ofthe most powerful figures In the banking world, were briefly that ho had Illegally failed to (Continued on Page Seven) G. A. R. OF STATE SELECTS OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR SALEM, June 22 VP), At an im pressive ceremony, Henry G. Gates of Hlllsboro, was today Installed as Ore gon commander of tho Grand Army ot thoRepubllow.He succeeds1 James W. Jones, of Portland. 5 ' The Grand Army men named W. T. Small, of Corvaills, senior vice com mander, Delos Carpenter, of Portland, Junior vice commander and George (Continued on Pago Seven) Methodists Hear Stanley Jones In Portland Session PORTLAND, June 2a 0P Metho dist ministers of Oregon who yester day were admonished! by their bishop that there Is no Justification for their attempting to compete with the pro fessional "gagj men" of tlie stage and screen In an attempt to attain popu larity, continued their sessions here today as the 81st annual Oregon con- (Contlmiod on Pago Seven) THE GATES OF PARADISE - trt'ljieri Johnny Lands For several years, Johnny Goodman, Omaha golfer, lias upset open and amateur champions to scramble golf dope, and yet Just missed out on a title himself. He's shown a champ at last, with the trophy he won in taking the national open in Chicago. MIDWEST STILL SWELTERS TODAY Death Lists Increasing In Many States As - Heat Continues. By The Aftsocatcd Press ' Anotlier day of scorching tempera turoa and roourtfttifc death lifjta. led. many necwons 01 nuwuu aj un tie t pa to with, ferver today promises of relief from tho heat ware. New fatalities were reported yester day to bring: the Wisconsin total up (Continued on Page Two) Vines and Helen Wills Moody Win x t j nf j 1 111 LOndOn lVlaijSjEU i ' n LONDON, June 22 (P) H. Ells worth Vines Jr., the American and Wimbledon champion, -rallied after dropping the first set today to defeat A. A. Fyzee, veteran Davis cup player from India, 0-8. 6-2, 6-3, and Join three compatriots In an all-America semi-final round In tho London tcn nls championships at tho Queen's (Continued on Pago Two) the Open Title Mysterious Fire Takes Lives Of 4 Near Tacoma SEATTLE, Wash., June 22 (ff) Pour persons, a husband and wife and their two young daughters, were burned to death early today in a mys terious fire that destroyed ' a , farm house in the Hording district in King count elaht milea east of Tacoma. " ThM eod 'are t Arthtur tofe its ' febouH 33; Mrs. Vera fitone, hia wife, about the triune age; Jean, 7,, and Gloria May, 6, their children. George Coyne, about 35, Tacoma. owner of the form, was being detain ed by doputy sheriffs for question ing. He sold ho eecaped from the burning home. " The Stones lived In Tacoma until going to Coy no's place as caretakers three months ago. .'. "" Owner Is Held V Coyne was detained by : deputies "jy appeared at tho farm in a tlcatx seven hours after the isre. Coyne was detained by : deputies Ho told officers the house was In (Continued on Paeo Seven) FARMERS GIVEN JAIL SENTENCES PR1MGHAR, fowa, June 22 (P) Jugo Earl Peters today sentenced 20 Northwest Iowa farmers to one day In Jail and a flno of (50 for partici pation in a riot during a farYn mort ignge foreclosure sale at O'Brien county courthouse here April 27. - Some of the 20 admitted during their trial two weeks - ago before JudKs Peters that they also were members of tho group which went to Lcmars, southwoBt of here, and drag ged Judge C. C. Bradley from his court room, carried him Into the (Continued on Page Six) U. P. toMeet2-Cent Fare Competiton OMAHA, Neb., June 22 (A) Al though, no definite plans have been made, officials of the Union Pacific system today said they will "meet the competition" of two other rail roads that havo announced An ex perimental passenger rate of two cents a mile on one way tickets, "Wo plan to apply for a similar rate at points where wo compete with the Santa Pe and the Southern Pa cific,", said one authoritative spokes- Wheat Today CHICAGO, June 22 VP) Air the grain markets were bro;td affairs to day, with rushes of buying meeting with heavy profit-taking sales, but prices averaging higher and breaking records. Wheat come within a cent of reach ing 90 cents a bushel, as compared with highest previous quotations this season of Wi cents. Today's acme for wheat, 89 cents was attained on tho purchase of 100,000 bushels of May wheat, fordelivery! next year. Transactions In May wheat were ex ceptional and trading in that deliv ery almost a year In advance was unusual. Closing quotations on suly, September and December, were firm, unchanged to v, higher compared with yesterday's finish, corn unchang ed to c off, oats Mt$ra up and provisions varying from 7 cents de clino to an equal advance. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ANOTMf.lt WAGE INCREASE CHERRY GROWERS SET PRICE v.j FOUR DIE IN NAZI RAID MITCHELL NOT. THROUGH YET NEW YORK. June 21 W - A ten per cent wage increase for household lighting fixture fiutory workers throughout the United States was voted todny by the wholesale lighting fixture manufacturers division of the Lighting Fixture Merchants associa tion. The increase will affect be tween 25,000 and 30,000 employw. WENATCHEE, Wash.. June 23 m Seventy-five Wenatehee valley cherry growers will not (market a cherry at a loss this year, they agreed at a mass meeting last night called In on effort to see that an equitable price Lb paid. Five to seven cents a pound was the price mentioned for Royal Amies and six and eight centa for black cherries. BERLIN, June 82 Four deaths, including u ttulcide resulted today from a midnight apartment searching expedition by storm troopers In the suburb of Koepeiilolc, One nazl and an unidentified man were kDled when shots were fired and another nazl died later from bullet wounds. WASHINGTON, June 22 (P) -Attorney General Oummlngs sold today the, fact that Charles E. Mitchell hod been acquitted In New York of, tax evasion oharges did not' change the duty of the department with respect to the prosecution of such charges and that it would continue this ac tivity, . I PUBLICWORKS PLAN TAKING FORMQUICKLY WASHINGTON;. ' June' 22 (P) ' President Roosevelt's public works board today informed the nation that "we are proceeding as rapidly as pos sible" to set flowing the $3,300,000,000 appropriated for construction activi ties by congress. An official statement said "ah effi cient organisation" Is being set up to carry out the program for which funds were provided In the industrial recovery bill. Secretary Ickes, chairman of the cabinet board, will be in charge. Un der him will be tho public works administrator. Colonel Dona let H, Sawyer, the present temporary administrator, to- , (Continued on Page Eighty OPPOSE COLLIER IN REVISION OF INDIAN SCHOOLS WASHINGTON, June 22 P Op position from congressional spokes men of various states today was said In authoritative sources to be vir tually blocking efforts or John Col lier, new Indian commissioner, to ro -organ 1kg the school system for In dian chlldron. Collier himself declined to com ment, but It was understood that plans for closing boarding schools are (Continued on Page Six) President's Yacht Continuing Cruise PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 22 iff) President Roosevelt sailed out of, Little harbor shortly before noon to day after a visit with his 14 -months old granddaughter, Sara Delano Roosevelt. . Arrival at Portland harbor was ex pected In the early evening. There John and Franklin D. Jr., younger sons of tho president will Join the crew and complete the trip up the coast to Campobello Island, N. B., site of tho Roosevelt summer home. ! INQUIRING Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons I win no Biropncti at ninuom on mo Bireoi earner una uirq nni i I question of the day. Through the court eny of Manager C. M. Wight L J each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary ticket to the g J Mhrrty Theatre. The current attraction 1 Lee Tracy In "The I Nil tenure". I i England has paid $10,000,000 on her war debt to tho United States, acknowledging her obligation. Presi dent Roosevelt stated In a recent news reel at the Liberty theotro that the United States would be willing to negotiate at a conference at the While Houso later in the summer with debtor countries as guests. ' Buck Anderson, 3705 North Second street, suys: "I bellovo the war debts should bo paid and If countries are nut ablo to pay now somo plan AMERICA TO LET DOLLAR SEEK LEVEL Delegates Receive Fresh . Instructions; Gold 1 Bloc Gives In. AVERT COLLAPSE OF CONFERENCE U. S. Insists Stabilized Dollar Would Cause a Violent Recession in Commodity Prices. By p. o. Vmburgh (Associated Frees Staff Writer) LONDON, June 22 m Th Am. erloan delegation to the world eco. nomlo oonf erence said In a statement today that the United States gown menu feels currency stabilization now wou)d be untimely and possibly would "cause a violent price recession" to the detriment of the conferences. - The statement tsald that "undue emphasis" had been placed upon pro posais for temporary, stabilization, and asserted this' matter was never an af fair of the delegation itself but rath or of the' treasury and the central banks of the United States, Ore Britain and ftance. , . . To siaise traces .The American government, thai statement oontinued, feels "that Itm efforts to mlse prices are the most important contribution Itt can make."1 Simultaneously with the publica tion of the American statement U was authoritatively said that the con- (Continued cl Page Two). 629,000 PERSONS RETURN TO WORK WASHINGTON, Juno 33 VP) Una American Federation of Labor says that 628,000 persons went back to work in April and ;u smaller but as yet undetermined number in May. , ... , j ..'' :-::,J;;;j" Any further, progress, the federa tion said, must depend upon. the ex tent to which the purchasing power of the laborer Is increased,' -v In 'April, unemployment was' said to have decreased -from 13,369,000 to 13,730,000, or 4.8 per cent of those out of work regaining Jobs. , "Trade union reports for May show another gain, not so large. This la the most significant' of all busmess gains reported this spring; It Is the -largest since depression began, "But unless employment gains more than this it will take nearly two yeare to got the unemployed back to work and business cannot wait two years." ' '. ' ' To provide the necessary purchas ing power, the federation places most hope In the national : recovery act, which it describes as ''tho most ad vanced and forward looking legisla tion for recovery yet proposed.".. , Today's Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE B. H. B. St. Louis 3 14 1 Philadelphia B 14 i Mooney, Johnson and Wilson, O'Pnrroll; Holley and Davis. B. H, B. Pittsburgh 0 4.3 Brooklyn - 9 11 3 Mettle, Hoyt, Chagnon and Padden; Bcnge and Lopez. R. H. B, Cincinnati 0 6 1 New York '. 4 6 0 Lucas and Lombardl; Hubbell and Mancuso B. H. B. Chicago - 17 1 Boston 3 11 0 Bush, OrlmcB and Hartnett: Brandt and Bpohror. i REPORTER i should be laid down whereby they could pay inter. . Howover, the war debt question should be settled be' cause it is constantly bringing on more difficulties, financial and other wise. The present unsettled condi tion will persist until something la dono about them." Mrs. J. P. Stalcup, Fourth and Ad ams, believes "The war debts should be paid because they, are an obliga tion that tho people of the United States can not afford to have repudiated."