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VOLUME 31
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY. JUNE 24, 1933
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OVERSTATE
More Than Seven Thou
sand Voters Registered
In Union County.
IMPORTANT BILLS '
FOR CONSIDERATION
Prohibition; Amendment,
Sales Tax, Power and
Other Issues Will Be
Prominent.' ,
A total of 7265 voters have regis
tered at the office of O. K. McOor-
mlck, county clerk, for the special
election on July 31, 1933. Registra
tion closed on Wednesday and the
lists have Just been received from
towns throughout the county, show
ing 3932 Republicans, 8203 Democrats,
seven Progressives; 18 Prohibitionists;
30 Socialists, and 75 miscellaneous.
- The voters will consider seven bills
on the ballot at the. special poll.
One of the bills which Is perhaps
causing the greatest amount of Inter
est generally Is that designed to In
struct the delegates to the constitu
tional' electors as to whether the elec
tors of the counties of the state of
Oregon desire the amendment of the
constitution of the United StateB to
repeal the 18th amendment; to pro
hibit the transportation or Importa
tion Into any state, territory or posses
sion of the United States where' laws
prohibit It for delivery or use.
An amendment to repeal the pro
hibition amendment to - the consti
tution of Oregon will also be passed
upon at the same tlmft.
Sales Tax Up
Next .to the prohibition question,
the sales tax Is probably .causing the
greatest furore In , voting circles
throughout the state. . The purpose
, : (Continued On Page Four) . .
NEW FARM PLANS
ARE EXPLAINED
A group of farmers of the Grande
Ronde valley who met yesterday af
ternoon were quite optimistic over
the benefits possible under the new
federal farm set-up, as It was ex
plained to them' by E. C. Adams, of
Spokane, manager and treasurer of
the North Paciflo Gralngrowers as
sociation, with which the Union
county organization Is affiliated.
. As Mr. Adams went over the new
plan In detail and explained the dif
ferent parts of It, the farmers present
realized that while there might be no
advantages for them this year, It
would doubtless bring benefits , next
year and years following. Interest at
the meeting was keen, It Is stated,
with all taking part In the discus
sions. A number of other meetings are
scheduled for the futuro with all
farmers Invited to attend.
FARLEY SEES
HIGHER MORALITY
NEW YORK, . June 24 (P) Post
master General James A. Farley ex
pressed the hope today that "we
have seen the last of the days when
nearly everyone had the notion, that
whatever they could get away with
legally was all right."
"I think If there Is any one rea
son why the people of this country
have responded In 1 the remarkable
way they have to the efforts at start
ing a new deal," he said, "It Is be
cause they realize that not only In
conventions of this sort but In the
very seat of our government Itself the
notion Is spreading that sound busi
ness and sound morals are one and
the same thing.
Cash Prizes For Observer Readers Who Join
Beginning today 6n Page Three of this issue, read
ers of The Observer will find an interesting as well as
entertaining and instructive page of advertising deal
ing with the entei-prise of certain local business nouses.
And in addition there are cash prizes to be given each
week for the next 16 weeks for thosje readers who play
the game most successfully. ,
The page of advertisements today announces the
first of series of Merchants Essay and Misspelled Word
contests. In all $96 in cash will be given during the
16 weeks of the contest, $6.00 cash each week to those
contestants who in the opinion of the judges submit
the best work. "" '
The plan Is easy. No artistic' or special work is re
28 MO RE MEN ARE
CALLED TO WOODS
FROM THIS AREA
Twenty-eight experienced woods
men have been called front Union
county ' to the Whitman . forest to
work in the reforestation movement
there. They will meet at the court
house Tuesday morning, -June 27, at
7:45 o'clock, from where they will
leave for Baker where they are ex
pected to arrive at noon, J. H. Peare,
chairman of the Union county relief
committee, announces. ' -
The majority of the 28 workmen
have already been chosen and they
are Harlln .Lovely, Alfred Searles,
Clyde Robertson, Carl Houser, Wil
liam Kelly, Fred Balmes, William
Hasbrouck, Harold Houstln, L. C. Hen
derson, BUI Bohns and Ellsworth
Herder, La Grande; Harold Fowler, H.
A. Watson, Qua Fowler, Arnold Mas
ters, Imbler; Wesley Smith, perry;
John Hacker, Paul Churcnill, Charles
Kennedy, John F. Hall, Gerald, Clark,
Elgin; Glen Lewis, Fondosa.t tv ; v
DRAMA PROGRAMS
COMING TUESDAY
From blackest treason . to lilting
love scenes Is but a step for Rich
ard B. Evans who will appear in two
programs Tuesday at the Eastern Ore
gon Normal school auditorium.' Mr.
Evans, who resides In Pendleton, has
studied drama both at Oregon State
college under Miss Elizabeth Barnes,
and at the University of Oregon where
he is now studying lor his master
of art degree. The first recital will
be presented lr. the morning before
the assembly of the formal, school
for the students only, while the sec
ond presentation of the day will be
a public recital Tuesday evening at
8:15 o'clock.
La Grande Is one of -the cities of
the state which Mr. Evans, accom
panied by - Boyd Jackson, of La
Grande, stage technician, ana; John
Richardson, of - Prospect,. , advance
agehti ' will tour during the summer;
The gamut of emotions Is runIn
Mr. Evans' program, which Includes
ten scenes from the most lasting
writers, of the past few ages. To
prove the versatility of the dramat
ist's experience and his varied reper
toire is but to review the numbers
of his program, Shakespeare, Rostand,
the Bible. Chekov and Sophocles.
From Shakespeare he has chosen two
scenes from "Henry VI," the first
In which Richard, Duke of Olouccs
(Continued on Page Four)
MRS. BUSSEAR
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Mary Isabelle Bussear passed
away at her home on Indian creek
yesterday afternoon, following a short
illness. .
. She was born in Indiana June 22,
1850, being 83 years and 1 day of
age. She has lived In this district
for the past 35 years, and leaves to
mourn her loss two sons, W. F. Bus
sear, of Bremerton, Wash., arid'-Ar-thur
Bussear, of Elgin, 6 grandchil
dren, and 4 great-grandchildren. ..
Funeral services will be held from
the Christian church In Elgin Sun
day, June 26, at 2 p. m., with Snod
grass & Zimmerman In charge.
"There are a great many human ac
tivities which it Is utterly Impossible
for laws to reach and covotv .More
over legislation Is always slow In
catching up to the latest efforts of
human beings to evade responsibility
and to grab the biggest share of pow
er or profit for themselves.
"The greatest single assurance that
wo could have of business recovery In
this country and throughout the
world would be a fully awakened pub
lic opinion, ready to back up sound
economic measures because they are
morally right and Just; and ready to
enforce responsibility. In high places
and low places alike, for the proper
conduct of business affairs."
Calls FDR's Son
'Just a Friend' '
Miss Ruth Googln, above, pretty
25-year-old brunet of Fort Worth,
Tex., regards Elliott Roosevelt
"highly as a friend" but regrets
reports that he Intends to marry
her when his wife has obtained a
divorce. Miss Googln's mother an
nounced. Miss Googln previous
ly had denied the reported ro
mance saying: "I really couldn't
say anything about that. You'
see, Elliott still Is married." Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt character
; lzed the reports as "ridiculous."
LEGION JUNIOR
TFJUOORKENG
Has Good Chance to Get
, Into Inter-district .
Tournament Play
Fifteen potential big league champs
are training daily at the High school
athletic field and promise to put La
Grande on the map in the American
Legion Junior baseball tournament.
The first game has been scheduled
with Walla Walla there on July 2, a
practice game, the outcome of which,
will have no bearing on the tourna
ment since Walla Walla Is outside the
seventh district. Jimmy King, of
Imbler, and Raymond O. Williams, of
La Grande, ard coaching the team.
La Grande has the only team In
the seventh district, Mr. Williams be
lieves, and will represent this sec
tion In the lhter-dlstrict tourna-
(Continued -on Page Four)
DR. KIRBY
VERY ILL
Dr. E. G. Kir by who has been 111
for more than three years suffered a
severe stroke yesterday and 1 now
paralyzed completely, unconscious and
in a critical condition. Dr. Klrby
has been paralyzed on the left Bide
for almost three years and bund dur
ing the past two years, as thej result
or former paralytic strokes,
LEAVE FOR
WORLD FAIR
Misses Mildred McGee, of Longvlew,
Wash., and Marylou Myers, who
teaches In the public schools In Eu
gene, were guests of Miss Jean Wil
liams at the home of her parents, Mr,
and Mm Sherwood Williams, last
night. Miss Williams has been visit
ing with her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hanson, In
Tacoma, and returned to La Grande
with the visitors.
This morning they left for Chicago
where they will attend the World's
Fair. Miss Williams and Miss Myers
will return to Oregon, and Miss Mc
Gee will go on to New York and sail
for Germany, where sho has a schol
arship in Y. W. C. A. work.
quired. The prize winning essays will be judged not
upon fancy work but upon simple presentation of facts
concerning the particular La Grande business house
given as the subject of the essay for the week.
First In six of the 16 adveHisenients on the
page, the contestant must find six misspelled words.
List them on a sheet of paper and tell in which ad
; vertisement on the page they occur.
Second Then, in not over 150 words write an es
say about the particular store named as the subject for
the week. Mail or bring the list of words and the essay
to Essay Contest Editor, The Observer, on or before
the following Thursday of the next week. Winners
will be announced each Saturday for the previous
July
OREGON GETS
SIX MILLION
ROAD MONEY
Federal Funds Will Be
Available for Use
Early in July
STATE COMMISSION i
IS MAKING PLANS
Many; Highway, Bridge
Construction Programs
. Will Be Considered For
- Immediate Work.
SALEM, Juno 24 (P) Plans for al
location of $6,106,896 highway con
struction mnds allowed Oregon under
the federal public works bill will be
commenced at a state; highway com
mission meeting In Portland next
Wednesday providing regulations are
announced by that time. -
Announcement of regulations of
construction and details regarding ex
penditure of the money are expected
almost any time by the bureau of
publlo roads at Washington. "We
hope to receive the Instructions be-,
fore Wednesday so that the work may
bo planned at once," . said R. H. Bal
dock state highway engineer..!
Oregon's allotment of highway con
struction funds was 950,000 more than
had been expected.
A half dozen highway and- bridge
construction programs, proposed un
der the provisions of the federal pub
llo works bill, are ready for considera
tion by the commission Wednesday. -
Walter Pierce
Will Arrive In
' La Grande Today
Walter M. Pierce, representative
from the second congressional dis
trict to the national congress, will
arrive In La Grande tonight at 0:20
o'clock by train, and a delegation of
local Democrats will be at the, Union
Paciflo depot to greet him upon his
return to his home here. Notifica
tion of his return was received today
by friends in La Grande. .
Mr. Pierce has been active in his
sponsorship of the Meadowbrook flood
control project aahd .farm relief In
general while In Washington, and he
ls expected to be able to furnish In
teresting accounts of the session, the
first held during the Roosevelt ad
ministration.
ROPER SAYS OUR
CREDIT IS SOUND
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (ff) The essen
tial soundness of the credit situation
in this country has prevented tho ut
ter prostration of the American eco
nomic situation, Daniel C. Roper, sec
retary of commerce, told the annual
convention of the National Associa
tion of Credit Men.
"Statistics reveal, convincingly that
the credit of our country la sounaer
today than In any previous major
slump," said Roper, "Bad debt losses
In the retail trade have only in
creased from six tenths of one per
cent in 1030 to ono and one half per
cent In 1932 an adverse change. In
view of prevailing circumstances, of
a wholly Inconsequential character.
'PEPPER1' COMBS IIP KMIMNO
TO MASTER THIRD-UAHE JOB
ST. LOUIS P) "Pepper" Martin
can "take It" and come back for
more. ,. ,
A disappointing 1032 season, dur
ing which a' let-down from his amaz
ing world series performance com
bined with Injuries to make him look
bad, had some of tho fans "riding"
him this spring. To make matters
worse he failed to show up well In
early games after being shifted from
the outfield to third base.
Special
Tragic Symbol of
11 "--k-rv.
TO"
This charred crib is a .rnutn symbol or tho tragedy which cost tho
llvos of ntnd pnrsons. Injured .75-imirn and. loft four unaccounted
: for in MM sxnlfmfhn -nf Mm A I hint fr Pyroxylin Waste Company
; -plant, ht Nnrlh. ArliiiKtnu,.'N -.1- The burnt wmit a iiiiihh or blax
.iw;!rplliilnll lurn thn nlr in luntln nrnrhv homes WlllmruApplo-
'VHr,1 .lr ; 4- hiirnpf tn.dnntlf In thn crib pictured hnr whlln thrnr
' ; . nlhfi. ncriipnntH .of tho hnugn unn intd thfttr llvos
3 DROWN IN LAKE
MICHIGAN AFTER
AIRPLANE FALLS
Woaiiift Rescued f ter 34
- Hotuls of Drifting .On
Improvised Raft; Men
Die in Cold Water.
FRANKFORT, Mich., Juno 24 (iP)
Mrs. Charles Ronnie ' Jr., 27, who
clung for 34 hours to the 'wreckage
of an airplane that crashed Into Lake
Michigan, Thursday and watched her
husband: and two other men slip to
their deaths, was brought to Frank
fort today, weak from exposuro and
on the verge of hysteria.
She had been picked up at 8 p. m.
Friday by the Ann Arbor car ferry
No. 7, which sighted her clinging to
a raft fashioned from a cushion of
tho plane and a one gallon gasoline
can.
Mrs. Ronnie told how first tho mo-
chanlc of the plane, Peter Keller, 24,
loosed his hold on tho raft, then Its
pilot, James Gillette, 28, and finally
her husband, Charles Rennle Jr., 20
vice president of tho Ronnie Oil com
pany of Traverse Oity, slipped to their
deaths. Tho light raft was too fragile
to hold all four, and tho men clung
to Its sides after lifting Mrs. Rennle
(Continued on Page Two)
Chemawa Indian
School Will Run
On Reduced Scale
PORTLAND, Juno 24 VP) A pc
clal dispatch to tho Journal from
Washington, D. C, today said "Sen
ator McNary was advised Friday by
Commissioner Collier of the bureau
of Indian affairs, that plans have
boon worked out to continue opera
tion of tho Chemawa Indian school
on the basis of $75,000 In expenditure
for education of approximately 200
students of high school and vocation
training: clauses,'
This would mean, the dispatch said,
a reduction from about 080 pupils or
moro than 400 from tho lower grades.
"Collier said his plan for elimination
of Indian schools ha been sustained
by Comptroller General McOarl as a
measure within tho economy act, but
that ho plans to continue Chemawa
and two other schools on reduced
schedulo," tho dispatch said.
week's contest is also the merchant subject for the
next essay. .
Cash prizes will be paid as follows: First, $.'1.00;
second, $2.00 j third, $1. The first prize essay will be
published. :
Turn today to page 3 and get in the game. Head
each merchant's .ad thoroughly, not only to ascertain
whether or not in his or her advertisement appears one
of Ihe misspelled words, but to get a better line on the
character of the various businesses so from week to
week as each different store is presented as the sub
ject of the essay you will have that much ready made
idea of your essays to come.
Kcmember, if you don't win the first week, there
Election
Celluloid Blast
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Methodists Will
Seek Retention ;
, Of Amendment
PORTLAND, -Juno; 24 '.(ft Mettu
dlst daymen of OrcganvwfU campaign
-jlgoriislyrfoiv'reitlon of tho -18th
aiuendnnV and ;have eflrmed. their
Intention of voting "for anything that
looks dry." -
Dr. E. Stanley Jones, world famous
Mothodlst - missionary, flayed the
liquor trafflo during tho day. Ho ro
marked that In some Chinese prov
inces the only means of raising taxes
Is through production of opium
which. In turn, Is tho ruination of
the people.
i "And I want to say," ho declared
"that I can ace no difference between
paying taxes with opium and paying
them with beer,
"The only dlf forenco Is that tho
Chinese don't know any better. I
never saw a nation that drank Itself
Into prosperity and I never will.
MI am deeply chagrined at my no
tion, which Is going to tho ballot box
to. vote back ono of the scourges of
tho ages trying to get back prosper
ly through tho tears and suffering
of our people.'
Ernest W. Peterson, of Portland, was
ro-oloctod president; .of tho Oregon
Laymen's association of tho church,
a separate organization of tho con
ference. PRINCE OF WALES
HAS ANNIVERSARY
LONDON, Juno 24 (r) The Prince
of Wales varied tho routine Of his
busy Mo but llttlo yestardny In celo
bratlon of his 30Ui birthday.
Ho siwnt the morning at his Port
Bclvedcro homo, and motored to Xork
House to rend hundreds of greetings
from all parts of tho world.
' Then he visited Buckingham palace
to receive tho congratulations of his
royal parents. . ,
The prince witnessed the night be
fore a moving-picture of his own life,
tho exhibition of which is expected
to raise at least 9260,000 for charity.
Tho prlnco appears In tho prologue
delivering a speech on tho unemploy
ment problem.
Tho picture was gathered In all
parto of tho world and cut undcf tho
prince's direction from 80,000 to 6.000
feet. Ono section shows his Investi
ture as prlnco of Wales at Carnarvon
catrtlc whon fio was 17. 1
In Merchants Essay Contest
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
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WOULD PUNI81I PIUCE IIIKBR8
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BANK ROIII1KR OKTS (800
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CABINET OK'S FRENCH STAND
DELAWARE GOES FOR REPEAL
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WASHINGTON, June 24 Vet Sona.
tor King (P., Utah) planned today
to recommend to Attorney General
Cununings the prosecution under the
anti-trust laws of 'wholesalers and
retailors who he said are "hiking
prloea without reason.
"There has been an unwarranted
Increase In commodity prices without
benefit to the producers," King said,
citing particularly rubber products,
Dread and otner commodities,
SALEM. June 24 OT A lone rob
ber who entered the AumsvlUe State
bank shortly before 11 o'clock today
and held up Mrs. Edgar T. Pierce,
wife of the bank's vice president and
cashier, made his get-away with ap
proximately WOO. . ,
PARIS, June 24 OT The cabinet
today unanimously approved the
French stand at the world economlo
conference for the gold standard and
for regulation of world production.
'The acton was taken at a three.
hour Besslon after a full report on
the London parley had been made
by Finance Minister Georges Bonnet,
one of the French delegates to the
conference. .
DOVER, Del.. June 24 VP) Dela
ware today formally ratified the pro
posed amendment to repeal the
eighteenth amendment in the federal
constitution. It was the sixth, state
to take such action. . . . : '
WHEAT GOES
TO SEASON'S
HIGH TODAY
J OlltoAOO. 'June 34 ' " Grains
awepb :upwtfd to -the,' highest, price
levels of the 'season today, following
crap reports from tne west and north
west which said crops .were -more se
verely damaged than had been be
lieved.
All grains were affected with all de
liveries of wheat well above 80 cents.
Huge waves of buying were followed
by large profit taking sales, but' these
(Oontlnued on Page Two) ,
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, June 24 VP) Enthusi
asm for higher prices blazed furiously
In all the speculative pits on the
board of trade today, with wheat soar
ing a maximum of 314 cents.
May wheat, In which trading for
mally commences Monday crossed to
above 00 cents today. Persistent ab
normally hot temperatures and dearth
of adequate molsturo brought In new
floods' of. sensational crop damage
suggesting that United Btates grain
yields this season would prove the
smallest In 80 years.
Official advices Indicated that Ne
braska small grains were beyond re
demption. Wheat closed flurried. 2-2' above
yostoroay's finish, corn 1-1)4 up. oats
2S4-2VS advanced, and provisions at
a rise of 6 to 20 cents.
j INQUIRING
will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some) t'
Question of the dar. Throutrh the courtesv of Manacer G. M. Wliht I
Liberty Theatre.
The Men."
Do you think that tho benefit do
rlvcd from swim week Is sufficient to
make the expenses of the Red Cross
worth while, tho Inquiring reporter
asked toaay.
Hurloy Richardson, 1313 Ponn, Ave.,
who Is very much Interested In swim
ming snys, "There Is no finer oxer
clue than swimming. It promotes a
self confidence In young folks. Young
people should tnko advantage of swim
week and learn to swim, because
when they aro older It Is much more
difficult, Tho benefits derived from
will be 15 weeks more to participate in a prize. Write
In poetry or prose or any style you desire. Keep at
it each week. Persistence must have its reward. Each,
ono of the business houses represented on the page
will be the subject of the essay some one of the 16
weeks the contest will ran. Get around and get ac
quainted first hand with the businessmen and their',
stores. In that way you will be better prepared to
write Intelligently concerning them. .
Turn to Page 3 of today's Observer and find the
business and subject of this week's essay. Get out
your pencil and paper and who knows -you may turn
up the winner. ' .' . ' ' :
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BIG PROGRAM
1YILLSTART
NEXT MONTH
Large Sums Allocated To
btates for Highway
And Bridge Work
$400,000,000 TO
J, BE DISTRIBUTED ,
.. - - .. ... f
Rules Require 30-Hour
Week With Fixed Mini
mum W.age; Hand La
bor Where Possible, i
WASHINGTON, June 34 yp Road
building on s huge scale will get
under "-ay early next month, to !T
come the first big expenditure In . .
President Roosevelt's campaign for re
employment and economlo recovery.
Allocation to states of the- Ho,.
000,000 highway fund has been com.
pleted by the publlo works board.
Promulgated today were rules for
spending It: Thirty. hours work. a
week with fixed minimum pay will
govern all contracts,, no' convict la
bor will be permitted, machinery must ,
give way to pick and shovel, the ac- .
tual projects must be widely scat
tered. '','
:The road money will be available
on July 1, when President Roosevelt
returns. He expects to be able to ap
prove Immediately thereafter appoint-'
ment of state publlo works adminis
trators who will direct expenditure)
of more than $1,000,000,000 under
the entire 43,300,000,000 public works
program. ' ,
Army and Navy Work :
Meanwhile,, pressing, close behind
the roads plan for an Immediate start,
the army has drafted a 130XKK),000
housing and construction plan, now .
being scrutinized by. a works board .
: (Continued on Pag Four)
ATTEMPT CANNERY
WAGE AGREEMENTS
PORTLAND, June' 24 (P) State ,
welfare commissions of Oregon, Wash
ington and California met Here to-.
day In an attempt to agree with can-
ners and cannery workers on uniform
minimum wages for. women employes
of cannerle. on the Paciflo coast.
It was the first time, as Governor
James Rolph Jr., of California said in
a message he addressed to the con
ference, that the -three,, states have
met "In a trl-state gathering to dis
cuss wages and conditions In an .in
dustry upon, which each state de- '
pends In part for its prosperity. , .
The message was brought to the
meeting by Mrs. Mabol E. Kinney,-
(Continued on Page Six,.
NEW BEAUTY
SHOP HERE
The Cinderella Beauty Shop will be
open for business Monday morning
in the Cinderella dress shop, with
Miss Edell Martin and Miss Mabel
MacNell, of Tacoma, as operators. The
shop has been established In the
back of the store, and will specialize
In all types of beauty work.
REPORTER j
The current attraction Is Kulpli ItcIIaniy In "Under
swim week aro worth every dollar
that is put Into It."
Miss Myrtle Hoyt, 603 Main St.,
says, "As Instructor I think It is very
worth whllo because we teach young
sters . to Bwlm, and those who can
swim, how to rescue a drowning per-,
son and how to make him breathe
again. When you learn to swim you
should teach someone else to swim.
I think that tho swimming classes
at Cove aro making real progress, be
cause the boys and girls take so much,
Interest In them."