John Factor, Mlliohaire, Kidnaped
WKATHKK FOKCCAHT
o,regon: Unsettled, with rain In i
north ami went tonight or NunUay; I
Cooler In eust Sunday. Local weiith- ' '
r Frltlny: nuix 71. min 411. l-rtly i
loiuly. Today: min 47, 7 u. in. ti4.
urtly cloudy. I
Only Newspaiier
Printed in La Grande
' Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties ;
MtXitl
OLUME 31
M KM II Kit ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1933
HASTICRN ORFXJON'S LKAJMWG NKWSPAPKH
NUMBER 256 .
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MILD AT PLAY 1
" TO
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(lEBA DOE, 5,
DIES ALMOST.
INSTANTLY
Driver of Truck, George
Scheideman, of Portland,
is Exonei-ated Today.
INQUEST HELD BY
CORONER WALKER
Little Gh-Ps Vision Pooit
A Because of Play Mask
Man Face; Runs Against
w Big Vehicle.
A grimacing comic paper mask of
Andy Gump became a tragic death
mask for little Rcba Doe, five-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan
ley Doe last night when Bhe was
killed instantly when she ran into
the back wheel of a truck driven
by George Schneldeman and owned
by Al Veltman, both of Portland A
coroner's Jury exonerated the driver
of any blame in the accident, which
was found to be unavoidable this
morning at 9 o'clock after an inquest
?ld by Coroner George Walker.
5ye witnesses to the accident tea
led that the little girl, her vision
scured by the mask which cov
, cd her face, ran across the street
tear the corner of Cherry street and
Adams avenue, and dashed into the
rear wheel of the truck which was
driving west at a rate of about 20
miles an hour.
Three Major Injuries
Dr. A. h. Richardson examined! the
and. found three major inJu-
Tf.ip either ot ..whicji -would., have
Littsed aeatn instantly. Her bkuu
buffered a multiplicity of fractures,
the physician estimating that the
bone was broken into 40 or 50 pieces.
(Continued On Pago Pour)
Some Employes
Of City Not To
Go On Vacation
Jbme or the city employes will
(re to go through this year with
out a vacation.
' But few of them are kicking, be
cause: In many cities," employes are being
laid orf for a full month each year
without replacements during their
absence In orcier to cut the budget.
And in La Grande, no such thing
Is being done.
Those employes who are able to
. take time off and have other em
ployes "double up" and do their work
without extra expense to the city,
jiiay get vacations, but those who
Qtnnot will have rto do without, as
Hie city cannot afford to hire others
to work for the regular employes
during their absence.
ENTERPRISE WOMAN
IS ESSAY WINNER
The results of the first week of
the Merchants' Essay and Misspelled
. Word contest, started -last Saturday
In the Observer, were announced to
day and the winner is Nanne Heaton,
of Enterprise, Ore. t
second place went to Lavon Koger,
of Cove, and third to Ruth Stoddard,
of La Grande. Prizes were $3,' $2
and $1.
Honorable mention is given Wil
liam Westenskow, Imbler; Maeliza-bi-th
Cooper, 906 H avenue. La
Grande; Neva Stein. 1805 X avenue,
iA Grande: and Miss Mnrell Walte,
Joule No. 1, La Grande. Through
i the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight,
a complimentary ticket to the Lib
erty theatre Is being granted to the
"honorable mentions".
The essay contest resulted in a
' Wge number of contributions and
V W of the winning ones were so
:si It required tery careful Judging
determine which was best. Out
1 the great host of replies the above
Vtioned ones were chosen.
ft.dently, from the tone of the
Arrsls. McWllltams' La Grande Bakery
subject of the first essay has
.n long conducting a popular
itflbltahment here.
f Those who didn't figure In the
f winners this week should not be
downcast. became there "number
may be up" next week. The second
essay of the contest Is explained on
J page 3 of the Observer today and
jjosslbly one who didn't win a men
am this time may come up with a
lize winner next week. The subject
J the essay on today's pne is Erlck
ln and Lottes, well known local
d. seed and supply house.
Ml of the contestants In the first
rxiAjii 1
ROGERS
BEVERLY HUjLS, Cal., June 00
With all the rest of us using silver,
copper, buttons, pins, checkers, wam
pum and watermelons tor money,
France can't see any advantage In
using real money, so they ore liable
to dive olf the gold any day now.
Europe Is disgusted with America
because she won't say( exactly what
her dollar is worth.
We say our dollar Is like a wife,
they are worth whatever they are
worth to you. They may go to 10
cents abroad, but) they are still worth
a dollar to us. Yours,
MOUNT EMILY
MILL WAGES
GO UP TODAY
Increase of Substantial
Nature Put Into Effect
Here This Morning.
The Mount Emily Lumber com
pany of La Grande today announced
n EnhcianilHl wnpn Increase had been
put into effect this morning, apply
ing to an laoor m wv iwa. p.tuii
and the woods.
The wage Increase is in lino with
the government's urge to Industry
and business In general to Increase
th. umnAB nf lnhnr nnd was nut into
effect immefllatcly In order .to give
the men tne oenein 01 uie lumo t
The sawmill, which was re-opened
late in May ana mm snuv uuwji .v.
awhile last month because'of weath
er conditions that made it difficult
to ' get a supply of logs from the
wocds, is expected to resume opera
tions about tho middle of next week.
CHECKING UP ON
AUT01ICENSES
StMe police over Oregon were busy
today chocking up on whether auto
mobiles in use have the new half
year' licenses, or have applied for
same. Cars not equipped with the
new tags or proof that the new tags
havo been ordered, are not allowed
to operate and the cVrlvers are sub
ject, to apprehension.
A large number of licenses arrived
here this morning and were imme
diately affixed to automobiles. The
rush at the court house, where tem
porary licenses may be obtained, also
continues.
No 'moratorium on licenses ha
been announced by the secretary of
state and none is expected.
week had no difficulty In finding
six misspelled words In the adver
tisements. As a matter of fact, we'll
have to break down and confess that
more misspelled words were discover
ed than wo thought existed I
Sufficient to say, the response to
the first week of the contest was
more gratifying than the most optl
mtstlo expectations, and a large
number of essays are expected dur
ing the coming week.
The winning essay follows:
WHY TUB LA GRANDE HAKEItY IS
ENTITLED TO THE TRADE OF THE
LA GRANDE COMMUNITY
"Bread is the staff of life" Swift's
"Tale of a Tub."
Swift had the right Ilea, but he
did not have the right bread, for
Dutch Maid, real malted milk bread
made by tho La Grande Bakery had
not come Into use then. If he had
ever tasted the La Grande Bakery's
Dutch Maid, then he would have had
bread to wrle about.
Even later than Swift thought that
up, people talked about "good home
baking." How old! fashioned! fink
ing, like everything else has moved
up. Today the woman who Is par
ticular about her table, who wants
wholesome white bread with tender,
attractive crust; bread that Is ten
der and fresh crumb, and yet so
thoroughly done that It never mole's
in her bread box or gets sour, buys
the La Grande Dutch Maid.
Of course there are other breads,
and If you want a sweet, the dainty
cellophane wrapped cakes are deli
clous. .
Nanne Heaton
Enterprise, Ore.
WILLAMETTE
CHOIR SINGS
IN LA GRANDE
Appears in Concert Fri
day Evening at First
Methodist Church..
MUSICAL PROGRAM
IS GIVEN PRAISE
Philharmonic; Organ iza
tion En Route to Chi-
; cago to Sing at Century
- of Progress I1 air.
The Philharmonic choir of Wil
lamette university, which is on its
way by bus to Chicago as official
representatives of the state of Ore
gon to sing at tho Century of Prog
ress fair, appeared in a concert last
evening . at the ' Plrst Methodist
church, which is reported to have
been one of the best musical pro
grams offered In La Grande in some
time. It was patronized by a fair
sized but enthusiastic and appre
ciative audience.
The choir, composed of 30 trained
voices under the direction and In
struction of Cameron Marshall, head
of the Willamette conservatory, pre
sen ted a program pf varied numbers
selections from the great oratorios,
some. of the most majestic religious
uhctruscB, spirituals aric others of
tho best loved secular numbers. The
work of the chorus was remarkably
well done, with the splendid shading
the attacks and roleases, the great
finales, performed almost faultlessly,
- . (Continued on Page Four)
Noted Aviator
Badly Injured
In Crash Today
INDIANAPOLIS. July 1 (T) Rus
sell Boardman, Boston, was Injured
so seriously physicians feared he
would die when his airplane nosed
over today as he took off to continue
race 'from New York to Los An
geles.
Boardman, in July 1931, with John
Polando, flew fromi New York., to
Istanbul, Turkey, for a world non
stop distance record, estimated to
be 6030.5 miles.
TUKXEIl LEADING
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 1 P)
Colonel Roscoe Turner, transcon
tinental air racer, landed here at
10:29 a. m. (E. S. T.) He planned
to spend n few minutes here refuel
lug. Turner appeared to lie leading
in the transcontinental air race.
OH, SECRETARY WALLACE! HOW'S THIS FOR AN IDEA?
for ir - '
f-r, m : n.-v limm
-'
Alter three mouths ot strenuous skippering ol the ship ot state, President Roosevelt is "having
the time ot my llfo" piloting the schooner Amberjack along the Capo Cod coast. Here Is tlw skip
per as he began his vacation1 cruise. The president proved blmselt an able skipper by piloting Ills
i pratt to port through stormy seas IiIb first day out. ' . ' ,.
JUNE RAINFALL
- LIGHT BUT HALF
YEAR TOTAL HIGH
Rainfall during the month of June
was .43 less than normal, but in spite
of that the total moisture for the
first half of the year shows an ex
cess of 1.52 Inches.
Normal rainfall for the first half
of a year In La Grande Is 11 .25
inches and the weather records at
the municipal building- show total
moisture so far of 12.77 Inches.
The rainfall for June was 1.04
Inches, compared with normal of 1.47
Inches.
During June there were eight rainy
days? nine clear days, and 14 partly
cloudy. Days classified as cloudy to
taled seven.
The temperature ranged from a low
of 47 above on June 1 to a high of
(Continued on Pnpe Six)
THE SKIPPER!
Employment For
May In Oregon
Shows Big Gain
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 W)
The federal reserve bank of San
Francisco announced today Its
survey of Oregon employment for
May showed a morkedi ga.'n. Tho
state's seasonally odjupfied index
roce to 61 per cent oi the 1920
monthly average, 'compared with
55 In April and 66 also in May
1032. ,
Although aggregate wages paid
Increased over April, the total was
less than in May last year. The
seasonal total payroll Index was
38, compared with 35 In April
and 41 in May 1932.
The month's best gains were In
metal, textile and lumber Indus
tries, wHJi other Industries, ex
cept foods, making some gains.
NOTREACHED
F.R.DECLARES
Gold Bloc Representatives
at World Conference
Still Wait For Word
LONDON, .Inly 1 (!) President
Roosevelt rejected the Joint currency
propiwal for solving the Hlnhlllzntlon
prolili in In the world economic con
ference In lis present rorni, II was
learned tonight.
Ily The Associated Press
Today nt the world economic con
ference: Gold bloc representatives waited In
vain for word from President Roose
velt on their latest proposal for a
policy of fluctuating currencies.
Prospects for a wheat agreement
were incicascd. Dispatches from
(Continued on Page six)
Hitler Will Join
Church; Waive His
Catholic Faith
BERLIN, July 1 (flo Tho Aev.
Ludwlg Muojlcr said today that
Chnncellor Adolf Hitler will Join the
new national Evangelical church of
Germany and walvo his Catholic
faith as soon as Mr. Mueller's work
of reorganizing Gorman protestan
tism has been completed.
Ho made this announcement to
group of three pastors of tho Body I -schwlngh
faction who appealed to
him to rewind his order that thanks
giving services be held In the
churchcH tomorrow, with tho display
of noi and state flags.
Wheat Today j
CHICAGO, July 1 (P) flciuational
crop estimates iy a woman did much
to sec grain markets on fire today
and whirl wheat up 4 cents a bushel.
Mrs. Eicon H. Miller was the wom
an, and special significance was at
tached to her figures because sho
was two days in advance of other
leading grain statisticians In making
July 1 crop estimates, and also be
cause she has been surprisingly fre
quent In accurately anticipating gov
ernment forecast. Tho Miller re
ports today suggested that the ag
gregate yield of the five major grains
In tho United States this season
would probably bo the smallest in 30
years.
Wheat closed strong, 2 if3e
abovo yesterday's finish, corn IViG'
a,c up, oats ara'o advanced, and
previsions varying from 10 cents de
cline to an equal gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
EKSKINE COMMITS SUICIDE
FAVOR 102(1 WAGE 8CAI.E
RUSSIANS PKKE THORNTON
P1.ANI5 WINO IS RIGHTED
SOUTH BEND, Iml., July 1 (A1)
Albert Kimscll Brskluo, 112, former
prcslilcnt or the Stuilebnker t'orporu
tlun, cummltteu suicide at his home
here twlny.
. CHICAGO, July 1 m Restoration
ot the wage scale prevalent In the
lumber Industry during 1026 adjust
ed In proportion to changed living
costs, was recommended today In a
code adopted for the trade by the
directors ot the- National, Lumber
Manufacturers association. .
LONDON, July 1 VP) The forclRii
office announced late today that the
HrltlHh trnilo embargo against soviet
Russia will lie lilted tonight and at
the sunie time the two llrltlsli engi
neers imprisoned In -Moscow, I C.
Thornton nnd W. L. MneDonnJri, will
be released. '
ROSEBURO, Ore., July 1 UP) State
Police Sergeant Ralph Qulne, of this
city, left this morning for Sexton
mountain, near Grants Pass to In
vestigate an object Blghted by W.
O. (BUI) Noill)hj, Secretary ot the
CorvalUs chamber of commerce, who
stated that he believed- the object
to be a. wing from the plane of Wil
liam Young, missing . Portland flier.
VICTORIA, B. O..- July 1 (JP)
Starting their 36-hole finals match
for the Pacific northwest amateur
golf championship in a .driving rain
today, Albert "Scotty" Campbell, Se
attle, gained a one-holo lead over
Alan Taylor,, Victoria, on the first
three holes,- - , ; ;
!-.., r?": ;.
DEATH OF WOMAN
IS PUZZLING TO
GOTHAM SLEUTHS
By Raymond Crowley
NEW YORK, July I VP) TWO
question marks danced -before detec
Ives today after an all-night Inquiry
into tne murder or Mrs. Jock Diam
ond, 33-year-old widow) of the notori
ous "Legs."
1, Why did tho dark-haired widow
practice marksmanship so Intently
ior several weeks before a killer fired
a bullet into her temple after a strug
gle In hor Brooklyn flat?
2. Who sent large sums of money
sometimes as high as $ 1,000 a week
to Mrs, Diamond, who nevertheless
lived in comparative penury in hor
$45-a-month home?
Strango disclosures followed In
quick succession after the widow's
body was found last night, sprawled
before a little table on which stood
three coffee cups, drained to the
dregs.
Tho dominant police theory was
that tho woman, whose gang chief
husband was shot to death. In Albany
Dec. IB, 1031, was killed because she
may havo "known too much,"
Recently, In a speakeasy, tier
tongue loosened a bit.
"I am tired," she complained to
friends, "or protecting a lot of anugs."
A theory that she lived In fear wus
bolstered seemingly by her persist
ent practice with a shotgun and riflo.
TRUCK LAW HELD
UP BY INJUNCTION
SALBNf. July I VP) Circuit Judge
L. H. McMnhan late yentcrday grunt
esl a temporary Injunction to the
truck owners' and Farmers' Protoc
tivo association restraining tho state
utilities commission from enforcing
the new truck and bus law. Thla In
junction, the second Issued for tho
association hurt month, will permit
truck owners to cperato without com
plying with tho new law until its
validity Jias been determined, It Is
understood.
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the ronnds two persons
. 1. Jt 41.. -..ln.
1U be stopped at random on the street corner ana asKea soma
Q4mtlnn of the day. Thronith the courteny of Manager C. M. Wight
each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Theater. The current attraction M llob Steele In "Hidden
Valley."
Tho new truck and bus law struck
another snag lato yesterday when
Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan, of Sa
lem, granted a temporary Injunction
to the Truck Owners' and Farmers'
Protective association restraining the
stats utilities commissioner from en
forcing It,
J. A. Williams, 1020 Sixth slrcot,
says: "The trucks should be regulat
ed as to rates but the bill should be
KIDNAP MAN
WHILE WIFE
SON WATCH
Al Epstein, Friend of For-: :
'mer . Barber, Released
By Abductors.
WELL ARMED GANG i
IN DARING CRIME
Speed Away From Scene
With Captive, Followed
By Second Car Driven-
. By Accomplices.
CHICAGO, July 1 VP) Kidnapers
ambushed John. Factor on a north
side thoroughfare . early toaay, ab- i
ducted the millionaire who was onca
a barber from his automobile while
Mrs, Factor and their son looked on,
and sped away with their captive. '
They dragged Footer and his friend,
Al Bpsteln, an attorney from the rear
seat, barked a curt: "Oo ahead, kid,
we don't want you," to Jerome Fac
tor, the son, and Ignored a following
car which carried Mrs. Factor, Mrs.
EMteln and a chauffeur.
.. Epstein, a friend of the stock
broker and frequenter of nlgbt clubs
with him, told the story. He was
turned loose alter a short rids with,'
the kidnapers, and picked up a rids
back to a hotel ,where the frightened;
women had gathered.. -.-:.:, , t
The gang, well armed, tied hand
kerchiefs . about the faces of their
prisoners and sped west for two miles
or more, Epstein related. Then the
car slowed down and Epstein was
Bhoved out v'tli' irnrigrr-4
' ":"Don't tako: this Ynosk' of f for five
minutes. If you do you'll be killed.
Thero'U.be someone .watohlng ' you.".
He heard a Becond machine . whla
past, and then toro, off his mask and .'
hailed a passing motorist. ...
Holman Protests 1
System Used To
Award Contracts
SALEM. July 1 (ff)State nreas-
urer Rufus C. Holman said yesterday
he was going to change a ystem
whereby ho declared many low bids
on state supplies wore being reject
ed and awards being made to higher
bidders. ' -: - f
Holman declared many responsible
firms in the state were withdrawing
their competition and refusing to bid.
"All Gov. Meier la doing is 'yesslng'
William Elnzlg (state purchasing1
agent) without acquainting himself
on the merits of the various bids,'
Holman assort eel.
"Apparently Klnzlg Ignores the low
bid In favor of a higher bid on the
theory the latter's product Is a bet-'
tcr buy for the money, but this,
practice Is resulting In a flood of
complaints by responsible firms In
all lines of business," declared the
treasurer. Holman said grocery, gar
ment, machinery and auto dealers,
have complained to him.
Firemen Battling
Great Lumber Fire
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 (P) Fire
men continued today their all-nlftfit
battle to prevent the spread of
flames which destroyed 3.000,000 feet
or hardwood lumber in the heart ot
San Francisco's Industrial district.-
Officials of the Klrschmann Hard
wood company, owners of the lumber,
placed tho loss at! $600,000. :
HI Of 8,100 BILLS PASS .
WASHINGTON It might be Itl
teresting to tho general public to
know that, contrary to general opin
ion, only one per cent of the bills
Introduced during the special ses
sion or congresa were passed. Elghty
ono or tho approximately 8,100 Dllla
Introduced got by both houses.
MnWa4 Mltnill ,WA MNMll I
more limited."
John Larson. 1408 Oak street,
says: "The law Is good Insofar as It
regulates rates and does away with
cut-throat competition but It will
havo to undergo changes before It
will work, Thore is too much rci
tape connected with It now and the
license feo on certain typos of trucks
Is prohibitive."