La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 23, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER FOKECAKT J Oregon! Unsettled tonight and Sat- I unlay, with occasional light rains on I J th coast; cooler In east portion. Lo- J I cat weather Thursday: Max 77. mill 47, clear. Today: Mln 41) uliove, at J J 7 a. in.; 57, cloudy. . . J Printed in La Grande I Coveiinj? Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PIUSM AJfD A. B. U, LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPKIH NUMBER 249 WOULD M EET MAKING FEOGflffiSS i. . i . 1 r , -r - ; n 1 i ' , i s State Bank Plan TRANSAMERICA PLANS OREGON BANK SYSTEM Expect to Extend Branch Banking Outside of -.-City of Portland. ' NEGOTIATING FOR ADDITIONAL BANKS Would Give OregoniBank System Similar tq bank of America Chain in California. - By Walter Warren Associated Press Financial Writer SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 VP) Transamerlca corporation revealed plans today to , build a state-wide brunch banking system throughout Oregon. . The disclosure came from John M. Grant, president of, Transamerlca, In -the course of comment on the acquisition of the American National bank of ; Portland. Grant virtually admitted negotiations have beenl well advanced for acquisition of other; In stitutions In various Oregon cities. After explaining the main points in the American National acquisition by the First National bank of Portland, a Transamerlca unit, Grant forecast continued, expansion when he said: "Since' the passage .-of -the". Oregon' (Continued oh Page SlxV Members of Game Commission Stop Here Yesterday Members of the state fish ' and game commission 'passed through La Grando yesterday en route to Wal lowa county where they spent the day Inspecting conditions, there. While In the city they calledi on J. H. Peare and other local citizens. Ex-State Senator Burt Parrell, of Portland, has Just returned from the Orient. He Is now a member of the commission, but Mr. Peare recalls when he and the former senator, both track men, ran In races at the Mult nomah Athletic club. Matt Byckman, head of the fish department; Carl Sllven, game com missioner, of Baker: and Ernie Crockett, of Portland, office man ager, were other members " of the party. i PHILHARMONIC CHOIR IS COMING The Philharmonic" choir of Willamette- University, Salem, Ore., which Is coming to La Grande on June 30 is one of the outstanding singing organizations on the Pacific coast and Is known throughout the North west by' Its weekly radio programs over the Portland station. The choir will appear In La Grande under the auspices of the Methodist church to help finance the Epworth League In- (Continued on Page Six) KIDDLE ON AIR TONIGHT Word was received here today that oenawjr j-rea B. Kiddle, of Union county, president of the senate, will deliver an address In defense of the sales tax over radio station KQW7 to night at 9:46. EAST OREGON WAS BANDlVcENTER Quantrell, the guerrilla leader who ravaged many towns In Kansas dur ing the Civil war. Prank and Jesse James, the Cole brothers, the Younger brothers legends to present day Eastern, Oregonians. but a reality to old timers In this section, according to an old timer who now makes his home In Wena tehee. Wash. After the Civil war, he says, Quantrell and a group of his men spent their Uvea around Eastern Oregon and Washing ton. He even declares that the rob bery of the North Held, Minn,, bank WILL. ROGERS r5gys: ' BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Juno 22 There la one line of bunk that this country falls for and always has, "We are ljoklng to America for leadership during the conference.' She has a great moral responsibility.!' ' ' And we, like a big simp, Just eat It up. Our delegates swell out their chesta and really believe that the world is Just hanging by a thread and the American delegates control that thread. ' ' Why, they didn't discover us till 1492. And the world had 'had, 1492 wars and -1492 peace and economlq conferences. All before we .was ever heard of. England controls all the oceans, half the land, over half the world's international commerce. Prance la no babe In arms. Japan and Russia are of age. Yet It's America they kid Into thinking she Is the whole cheese. . Yours, ; . ' 111. K.HMrtl " : PRIZE PAINTING COMES HERE FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY Awarded to Mrg. Moss man in Recognition of Her Efforts On, Behalf Of Art in Oregon, f "'. --'' ; ' ' ' tiKWHciv For more than 30 years activity In fostering an appreciation of art In Oregon, a former La Grande woman has been honored and the public library here has been named' as the proper setting for the fine picture, "Snow Clad Maples", by Harold D. Marsh, Portland artist. The ' paint ing has been purchased With Ore gon's Penny Art Fund and awarded to Mrs. E. P. Mossman, now of Amity, and at her request will be. hung In (Continued on Pane Six) SMALL GIRL HIT BY AUTOMOBILE June Pyle." seven-year-oid daugh ter of Howard Pyle, 1804 U Avenue, sustained a broken ankle and body bruises when she was hit by an auto mobile Wednesday evening on the Island City highway near the Mt. Emily Mill. She was taken to the Orande Ronde hospital for x-ray and medical treatment. - A. R. Huffman, of Boring, was the driver of the automobile that struck the girl. City police Investigated and found the accident to be unavoid able, Mr. Huffman was coming Into La Grande and the girl ran out from behind two cars that were going the opposite direction. She was under the wheels before the automobile could stop. ' 20 ENROLL IN SWIM CLASSES The annual Red Cross swim week opened last night with 20 potential mermaids and mermen enrolled for the 10-day course In swimming and life saving. Instruction will con tinue dally, except Saturday and Sunday, for 10 days uncter the direc tion of Misses Myrtle Hoyt and Mar guerite Klopfensteln. Classes open at 7 o'clock at the Cove natator turn, .'instruction Is given In breast, back, side and crawl strokes. Frank Tyler Is taking a truck to Cove every evening and the Instruc tors announce -that there Is room for about 16 or 30 additional persons who arc Interested In swim week. waa plotted in Eastern Oregon by part of that old guerrilla band. Quantrell. following the Civil war, came to Walla Walla, Wash., where he took the name of Tim Burgess and ' for years ran a saloon. , The former guerrilla leader later joined the Baptist church and became quite a devout member of that organiza tion but told other members that he was unable to become entirely at peace with his "Maker", owing to the. (Continued on Page Six) Revealed BUSINESS EXPANSION CONTINUES Seasonal Influences 'Fail To Interrupt Progress Of Economic Gains. employment and Wages increasing Consumer Trade Extends To New Markets Each Week as Buying Power Gradually Improves. NEW YORK, June 23 11- Busi ness In the past week continued Its expansion, wholly unaffected by sea sonal Influences, said the . Dun 6c Bradstreei review today. , . , Expected hesltonoy from uncertain ties regarding the application of com modity processing taxes, the agency asserted, was not apparent In manu facturing schedules which were gen erally above those of a week; ago.. "The broadened sweep at whloh trade Is now progressing," continued the review, "Is eliciting astonishment from even the most time-worn veter ans of Industry, as the sustained strength of the. upswing 'has passed boldly beyond even the most sanguine expectations. ; ' "The further -widening of employ ment and, the continued rising trejid of wages form' tha base' of h larger (Oontlnued on Page Biz)' Sharp Increase In Lumber Trade Felt Last Week PORTLAND, Ore., June 23 (iF) A sharp Increase in new business for the week ending; June 17 was report ed today by the Western Pine asso ciation. The new business! amounted to '62,243,000 feet about 8 per cent above the three-year weekly average for June, xnd 22 per cent greater than the previous week. During the week 73 of the 11B member mills were In operation.. Shipments for- the week are 60,260, 000 feet, and production 43,250,000 feet, putting production at 81.8 per cent of .capacity as compared, with 30.1 per cent for the previous week, and 14 per cent for the year to date. Current orders' were 46 per cent of sawmill capacity. TIMES 1 ' 'y..i Kiss, '"(yy r . " fyjr QHE VOUMG HECO WINMIMG THE 1 rflK I HANI? OF THE FAIR LADY AMP AMERICA'S ENVOYS AT ECONOMIC .. , '.. ....J .. . - ' NEA Bnrvlco Telephott Presenting the American delegation to the world economic conference, as It arrived In Plymouth, England. Picture by steamer to Now York, arid by telephoto to San Francisco, shows, left to right: "Key Plttman, Nevada, chairman Senate foreign affairs committee; Cordell Hull, secretary of state; Sam D, Reynolds, Tennessee, chairman House foreign affairs committee; Ralph Morrison, Texas. LA GRANDE COMPANY JOINS IN BRIGADE MANEUVERS DAMP CLATSOP. Ore..- June 28 rtSpeolalJ JTho: 'entire ' 82nd -brigade, more than 800 men, participated in the -brigade field maneuvers held be tween camp and the beach along a three-mile front Wednesday after noon. " The 186th Infantry took up a posi tion somewhat northwest of camp but, under sealed orders, were driven Murderer Sought For Mysterious Deaths of Four SEATTLE, June 23 VP) Threats to "wipe out" an entire family, Sheriff Claude O. Bannlck said today, were mode about two weeks ago against four persons, whose charred bodies were found yesorday In the ashes of a burned farm house, near the south ern limits of King county. . Coyne, who was arrested when he returned to the scene of the fir sov eral hours after he had escaped the flames, was held In the county Jail (Continued on Page Six) HAVE CHANGED A QHE VOUMG PlFRCULTies VJP WINNING THE HAMP OP" 1 1 1 i i l , , U, : ' - I - "."."! '.' i-.i from their defensive position, and, twoSt-'to'' withdraw .Jor a two-mile stretch south, where they repulsed further attack by the 102nd Infantry. Incidentally, orders revealed 1 that Company B lost three sergeants, two corporals and. six privates In action, men In the company marked on the (Continued on Page Threp) Eopewell Given To Use as Child Welfare Center JERSEY CITY, N. J., Juno 23 () The Hopewell home of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, from which their first born son was kidnaped In March, 1032, will become a children's welfare center. Incorporation . papers for "High Field," tho corporation which will op erate the property, wero filed today with County Clerk dustav Bach. James M. Phelan was listed as statutory agent with the statutory ' (Continued on Pago Six) LITTLE HERO FACIMG GREAT THE FAIR LAOy. CONFERENCE ROOSEVELT T0L0ND0N NEW YORK, Juno 23 m In. copyrighted dispatch from Province- town, Mass., tho Dally News said to day the navy waa prepared to rush President Roosevelt to London aboard tho crulsor Indianapolis, If Prof. Ray mond .Moley, assistant secretary of state, now en route to tho world eco- nomlo conference, deems such action necessary for the president, , Tlo paper's correspondent at Prov lncetown said tlUs Information was obtained desplto repeated official de nials that Mr. Roosevelt Is considering such a trip. ; Tho paper declares that U Moloy believes after reaching London next Wednesday that tho president can bring about world economic accord by a dramatic tour de force, then the Indianapolis "will pick up the president and hit for London." Hl'MOIlH ON SHIP PROVINCETOWN, Mass., June 23 (p) Although tho possibility of tak ing President Roosevott to London was the chief toplo of conversation today of the 700 officers, and men of (Continued on Page Six) Oregon Home Loan ww v a s Head in rortiana WASHINGTON, June 23 W) The Federal Home Loan bank board .an nounced today that tho headquarters for the Home Owners Loan corpora tion In the state of Washington would be In Seattle with a branch at Spokane, and headquarters' for Oregon will be in Portland. Man agers for the offices have not been announced. State Warrants Being Retired SALEM, Juno 33 (A1) Call today by the atate treasurer of $06,000 war rants will care for all Issued, up to and including May 20. Wn Iran t stam ped ' ' not pn id for want of funds" amount to $2,708,378. 08 or which $1,850,268.01 have beea called. Wheat Today OHICAOO, Juno 23 W1 All fu ture deliveries of wheat, oats and rye Jumped lalo today to beyond season high prico records. Reports were current Indicating tremendous crop damage had been dono northwest by recent heat and drought, especially In the Dakotos and Minnesota. Unofficial estimates were that the 1033 production of wheat In the United States would fall below the actual domestic production In recent yoara. V A rush of genoral commission house purchasing lilted prices sharply late and far more than offset early do cllnos. , ' ,' " . ? JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME . i QUOTA TRUCE PROPOSED ' " .7- SKCUItn V DEMANDS GIVE WAY , i RAILWAY TO SHOW PROFIT V ( .. REPORT TAX DELINQUENCIES LONDON, June 23 (ff) France proposed a quota truce at the world economic conference today which would enable countries using quotas or weapons against Importations to keep them Indefinitely., The resolu tion Im considered counter-proposal to the Intensive drive by the United States for abolition of all embargoes, quotas and arbitrary restrictions. , NEW YORK, June 23 () Norman H. Davis,. United mates ambassador at large, hinted on his return from Geneva today a belief that demands for security pacts stumbling blocks to previous Disarmament agreements are giving way to sentiment favor ing International supervision of arms. CHICAGO, June 23 .(P) The Chi cago and Northwestern railway will show profits for 1933 lf present traf fic trends continue, Samuel H. Cady, vice president and general counsel, said today. ' eri , i SALEM, June 23 P) With three comities yet to report,'flrtit-ha1f times delinquent In the state for the year 1033 aggregate $9,078,888.08 or 44.73 pe cent, it was announced at the offices of the state tax commission late today, . . . , ' Ask Permission To Reduce Fares , On Coast Lines "'taALBM, June 23 ypj Permission to' rodurconcnatid itourlae sleeper fares 46 per cent between alf stations on its Pacific lines has been request ed by the Southern Pacific company from the Interstate commerce oom mission and various regulatory bodies, it was announced, here late yester day, i The proposed tariff would, establish a basic one-way (rate Oi1 two cents a, mile for such' transportation as com pared with tho present first-class rate of 3.6 cents a mile. If approved it will be made effective July 1,' an nounces Felix S. MoQiimis, vice presi dent in charge of the system pas eenger traffic. , , . r , . Rogue River Mayor Convicted by Jury MEDFORD, Ore., June 23 (P) Walter J. Jones, Mayor of Rogue River, was found guilty by a circuit court jury at sir o'clock this morn ing of complicity In the theft ofj bal lots from the Jackson county court house on tho eve; of a recount order ed by Judge Gcorgo P. Skip worth In tho sheriffs raco In the last election. . Jones Is tlie second to be found guilty In the series of prosecutions, J. Arthur La Oieu, .former business man ager of the Dally News here, having been convicted last week. . John Glenn, former county Jailer, will bo the next to go on trial. Plane Plunges to Ground in Flames COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa,, June 23 TP) Three Council Bluffs men wero killed near here last night when their plane suddenly caught fire, glided earthward Jn flames for 600 foot and then dove 200 feet to crash on the farm of John Lee, . Dick Mason, 21, the pilot; Jamea Hitchcock, and Charles Fries wero tho victims.- HKI'OKT ON' K1LMNUS TOKYO, Juno 23 WThe foreign office announced today the Japanese destroyer Tachlkazo had obtained a copy of an official soviet ruport "proving that RusBlan coastguards had killed three Japanese fishermen" In Russian waters near Kamchatka peninsula June 14. A spokesman said Japan considered tho affair as very serious. INQUIRING Bach day as thu Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two penoai will be stopped at random on the street corner and naked some j-j, question of the day. Through the courtesy or Manager v. M. wifns each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tlckots to the ! Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is llalph liellamy In "Under The Hen." Bidding for High school athletes to play for tho glory of the old college and Incidentally for a neat little re muneration has gone on for soveral yoars in all American universities surreptitiously. However, the Uni versity of Callfornlo. has not let the cat out of tho bag to put a paid worker In tho field to solicit athletic stars ftom the High schools openly. , Mrs. Percy Reilman, 903 Lake St., says, "Being Knullsh It Is very dif MACDONALD OPTIMISTIC AT OUTLOOK Asserts Uncertainties Of Currency Cannot ! Block Progress. UNDERSTANDS ( U. S. ATTITUDE Committees Hard at Work On Many Problems For ; Submitting to. General , Conference Later. -, -, . By Claude A. Jagger , Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, June S3 () The dlffl oultles of the United States in stab- Hissing the dollar are "very real," Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald said today In a press . Interview, but currency uncertainties will not be permitted ,to blook the world econ omic -conference. , ,.,..',''.:,.. . The prime minister explained that the difficulties of a big conference are 'at the maximum when It lu-ln progress a fortnight, for then pes simism breaks out. ; But committees : now are getting down to work, he Bald,- and no major delegation will thwart efforts by an 'Irreconcilable attitude. . Understands U. g. View ' He characterized the American fail ure to agree on stabilisation of the dollar as a "setback" 'but said' the . situation .had) been clarified by the American . statement 'yesterday, . In whloh. it. was set orth" that -Washington. comldoreAJabWailtioii. to b , (Continued on Page Six),; ' RAILWAY SHOWS . PROFIT IN MAY SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 (iP) -Southern Pacific odmpany's operating- revenues ollmbed to $11,110,377 in May, lifting income sufficiently to bring the-system) out of the red and . nearly a million dollars Into the black. Not ratlwav oneratintr income was 9070,402, compared with net operating loss for April of 107.389. May operating net waa well above last year's level, of 592.709. but was insufficient to wipe out the loss ' of the preceding months. , The - five months' operating deficit was 2,192, 307, an Increase of 91.860,852 over the loss of the preceding year's like per iod. - . , . . The May gain resulted chiefly from a rise In freight revenues to 98,630, 061 from the April figure of 97,203, 727, Today's Baseball AMKKICAN LEAGUE (First Game) R. H. E. New York 10 13 2 St. Louis - 6 IB 0 Pennock, . Brennan and ' Dickey; Blaeholder, Coffmnn, Stiles and Shea. . Philadelphia 8 8 4 Clevoland 4 10 a Mahaffcy and Cochrane, Madjeskl; Harder and Spencer, R. H. E. Washington ; 7 18 .1 Chicago 3 8 1 Thomas, Russell and Be well; Lyons and Orub NATIONAL LEAGUE . . St. Louis : - 4 11 0 Philadelphia 0 IS ' 1 , Dean, Haines andl Wilson; Elliott, Llska, A. Moore and Davis. ' . : R. H. E. Pittsburgh . - 4 10 1 Brooklyn 8 0 2 French and Finney; Carroll, Mungo, Shaute and Lopez. REPORTER j ficult to pass an opinion on an Am erican 'Institution. However, t be lieve that the athlete, like other people, should not bo given special privileges." v ' C. Lawrence Oraham. 1301 Seventh street, say.,. "The primary purpose of tho collogo is for educational ad vantage. My opinion Is that ath- . letlcs should be a sideline and not Interforo with the educational value of the school."