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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1933)
) Confessed Slayers Ot : State iPolicemah Await Hearing 1 WK.Vl'HKIl KOIIKCAST J ' ' Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and ' Wallowa Counties , .Oregon: Generally cloudy tonight i Tuesday; mild temperature; I eiitle, eluuiKeuble winds. Weather J lunilay: mux 88, mln 35. nutly lowly. Today: mln 88, 1 8. m. 00. J telly cloudy, . . I VOLUME 31 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRB68 AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1933 RASOTMtN OIUCGON'8 IiHADlNtt NEWSPAPER NUMBER 257 LB EL TO BESMT 1 1. ;H n i txmxm MOE . tmAm . ... I !ULY FOURTH : TO BE QUIET IN LA GRANDE Jo Celebration Planned for This Community; En terprise, Baker Attract IERCE, BRADY TO SPEAK AT BAKER ridependence Day to Be 'Ushered in at Midnight With Legion Dance at Goodbrod Lake. 'Only the occasional pop of a flre rackcr marks the approach of the tourth of July In the La Grande area lneo no celebration has boen plan ted here. But while La Grande Is laving a quiet observance! of the leclaratlon of Independence, both Jaker and Enterprise aro buzzing rtth activity and many local people tre planning to enjoy the elaborate rograms there. The Fourth of July will be ushered iv tonight at 12 o'clock by a dance it GoodbroA Lake at Union, sponsor ed by the Ea Grande post of the Am vlciOi Legion. O Walter M. Olerce, recent returned, from Washington, D. Cq where he was a representative to congress, from the second congressional district, will give the principal address to the pio neerQat Baker, using as his theme, "Pioneer Days." Hugh Brady, of La Grande, will speak on patriotism. Mr. (Continued on rago Two) , Holiday Will Be , , Observed; Paper H To Take Day Off La Grande was preparing today to enjoy a Fourth of July holiday tomorrow although a considerable number of people not required tojjpl worn toaay or ac icast oniy pari vi a day. already were In vacation mood .jt. In order that the Observer sta may enjoy Independence day in full I 1 measure, no paper will be issued to morrow and today's paper cfine off the press earlier tlQn usunl. The next issuo will be Wednesday aft ernoon, July 5. All stores ordinarily closed) on hol idays will be closed tomorrow and others will remain open only for a limited time. y,' Practically all La Grande people with cars or other meanB of trans portation expect to go to the moun tains, go fishing, visit Wallowa lake and the Fourth of July celebration 'at Enterprise, or hie themselves to Borne other favorite spot for the day. RUCKMANS END MID-WEST TOUR Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ruckmnn have Just returned from a 7000-mile automobile tour through the middle west, eolntr as far cast as Dntrnlt. They visited relatives and frlcftds In several of the mid-western slates: Mrs. Ruckman formerly was Mrs, Joan Hayden. LOCAL COUPLE GETS LICENSE V A marriage license was issued Sat urday by County Clerk C. K. Mccor mick to Elmer L. Mcduro and Miss Mamie Leak, both of near La Grande. (Z OLD CABIN YIELDS v AGED NEWSPAPERS , Picture a small cabin, situated Just off the Old Oregon Tra'l back of HilgarcV 40 years ago. In It a man, D. H. McWaters, an interested reader of newspapers in addition to his reg ular endeavors whatever they were. Each day, or whenever the paper ar rived, sitting and perusing the col umns of the La Grande Chronicle and the La Grande Gazette. Then, after its contents had been checked over, moving from his easy chair to tack the papers on the wall of his cabin, either to see them better or to convert them Into wall paper to keep out the wintry cold and wind. Eventual desertion of the cabin. Then, the other day, Walter Young, of 906 Lake street, ran across the cabin while browsing around in the hills, and immediately became In terested in the unique wall papering. Mr. Vounj fat lie r was a stage coach driver, and he himself was born here more than two score years WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 3 Did you ever see real air races by the world's greatest fliers? Tney are breakfasting in New York and flying In here for lunch. Mussolini has a flier here who can stay upside down longer than the American delegation in London. There Is the cutest little German war ace who cuts out his engine and docs everything in the air with a dead engine, loops, spins, rolls. climbs, and then lands, all this with no more power than congress had: the last session. Our army, navy and marine exhi bition was real thrills. My wife whis pered, "When I see that it makes me feel that all of our tax money hasn't been wasted." Aviation Is Just started, elM.lllN.iMr"S. REP; PIERCE SPEAKER AT SUNDAY MEET Congressman Ayidr esses About 500 Gathered at LT D. S. Tabernacle. , RcproscOtatlvo Walter M. Pierce presented, hWrdstlng rcmlnlscensos of his exPrlences while a represen tative at the national congress, last night before about 500 people who gathered In the L. b. jB. . tabernacle at an open session. , "'he meeting was a jOtriotlc one and "as spon sored by the Young WonMi'a and Young en's M. I. A. ofjjho First Ward church. Q William Hanley, of Burns, a prom- Ujient man nqgonly In Eastern Oro- L. D. S. church and told of his many vatuablo experiences among the peo ple of the church. Musical numbers jyero furnished by a women's choruJr ofQ.he church who sang "Oh, Spirit of Heaven," njfit Mrs. Jack TQnQ wno 8nnB "A ricct uay, accompanied uj mm. (Continued on Page Two) EAGLES TO HAVE PROGRAM TONIGHT An interesting Qlogram has been announced by Arthur )omer for the Eagles bro;Qcast which will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the Efiglea hall. Dancing will follow the program. The numbers are: Mrs. Ethel Quin land, solo: Fred FcQss, solo; Bert Warden and Gene Gassett, duet; By roOScarles, solo; TJm McBrlce, solo; Marie Hatcher and Bill Bennett, duet; Mrs. Dfila Parkinson, solo; Etjiel Bates and Jack Bates, duct; M9t and Jack, comic strip of the air; Jimmy Saling, sing and whistle; Billy Wieso, trumpet solo; Let a Com- Ostock and Violet Stills, duet: Henry ancP Lewis Yohn, song ancM guitar. THREE RETURN F&OM CHICAGO j Misses Norma Miwwer, Ruth Gar rlck and Maaret Milne, teachers in the public schools, have returned from Chicago where hey attended the Centurj of Progress exposition. ago. S he brought one of the pa pers, tattered and yellow but still readable, -to the Observer office. A little lair the remainder of th local ! papers voere obtained from the dc scrted shack which Mr. Young dn. scribed as a "sheep herder's cabin." The cabin, although on the origi nal Id Oregon Trail, is far removed from travel not?, as the present high way followed a different course from Five Points on for many miles, and during m&ny, many years, the wall papering remained! untouched, prob ably due to Its isolation. Now the Observer has a wealth of ' news of a day 40 years ago, of the problems of that period, of the local personalities, local business, local so cial activities, etc., and, during the near future will, from time to time In this section of the paper, print stories baaed on these old, yellowed newspapers. As Kahn Told About His Bank Ottv&I. Kahn Is shown liere in tftree characteristic studies ns he began his testimony In tho Pbnate inquiry into privi! hanks. Head Q Kuhn, Loob & Ci Mr. Kahn is shown at the top as he was sworn as a wit ness, in tho nter as he studied records and,- below, as he talkod with reporters. DRUG STORES TAKE UP NEW SUNDAY PLAN DrugglsfcO of La Grande Inaugu rated their new Sunday closing hours yesterday, remaining opWirom 1 to u p. m. insieaa 01 irom iiuoii uu which wiO the former schedule. This decision was rerrched last week at a meiOj of proprietors of local drug hiGcfq Appropriate s 0 , s o . MARVELS OF LAKE AREA GET PRAISE Portland Paper Devotes Full Page to La Grande, Wallowa Lake Countxy TELLS OF FLIGHT OVER LAKE BASIN View From Top of ML Emily ' Called "Excep tional Panorama;" Writ er Guided By Perkins. The Wallowa mountains and this section of the state received a re markable boost in Sunday's Oregon Ian, when the first page of section two was devoted to an article en titled: "Details of Wallowa Moun tains Learned on Motor Cruise." The article was written by Edward M. Miller, staff writer of the Oregonlan, who was taken over the famous Wal lowa lake region by airplane by W. C- Perkins, of the Perkins Motor company of La Grande. The article was illustrated with a map of this section, showing how La Grande serves as the gateway city for the Wallowa Wonderland, termed -the Switzerland! of America for many years; also photographs of Mr. Per r. kins and ur: -E, B. McDamcl, presi dent of the. Oregon State Motoiwas soclatlon; pictures of -Moccasin and Frazer lakes, two of the most beau tiful bodies of water In the Wallowa country, and a picture of a 'child feeding milk to a baby elk at Walloww iurvc, wini. viKJViuit-'i. car us uiu background for the picture. ' (Continued on Page Two) EBERHART GIVEN CALIFORNIA POST P La Grande people were Interested today in news that Adjutant R. M. Eberhart, of the Salvation Army nt Portland, had been given a new ap pointment. Mrs. Eberhart is a sister of Paul Knautz, of La GraQlc, and both she and her husband are well known locally. Tho Ebcrharts are beiQ: transferred to San Francisco where ho has been appointed general secretary to the Salvation- Aijjyy Training collegk Portland In February, 1927 as the youftr people's secretary foi tVj di vision of Oregon and Southern Idaho and during the iist year has been serving as acOvg divisional OonO mander. q Celelft'ation For Independence Day First Lady Aids It's bard to toll who was happiest when Mrs, Franklin D. Roose 9lt made a surprise visit to the camp for jobless young women at ioar Mouutaic Lake, N. V., and took a tramp wjlh the girls as pictured hero. The First Lady's only disappointment was that red japo had returded recruiting, a matter she proposed to rectify at once. Building Total For Six Months 1 At $34,958 Here - ,Tho total amount of new construc tion in La Grnnc'o for the. first half of 1033 stands ut $34,058, according to records at the offtco of the city treasurer-recorder. Tho total for tho fin? five months was $32,383 And the figure for June $2075. . Two permits Issued last week fol low: Mrs. L. L. Shcphcrd.Olo alter and rrjitiir O homo on Second street be tween Adams and Jefferson, work to cost $50. W. B. Parker, alter and repair a home on Depot street between V and U, wor to cost $200. MRS. PAGUE IS VISITING HE HERE Mrs. Donald Pague, a Armer rcsl- d0t of La Grnndc, is here from Portlandfor a visit of a few clays among lM many La Orande frlcnCp and acquaintances. While In the city Bhe is a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gcoiy 8. Blrnlc. Jobless Girls OFFICER SHOT TO DEATH AT PASS Burrell M. Baucofli Killed Whiie Making Check on Passing Auto. GE7TNTS PASS, Ore., July 3 P) Two youthful, confessed slay era, Harry A. Bowles and John Alvln Bar rier, sat in soparate cells today In the local Jail, awnlliO; a preliminary hearing and tho. filing of fl rot-degree I IIIUIIICT ViltUl'B, AJ vUKU Qlace Qurlng the ay, In connection with the killing of mute Policeman Burrell M. Baucom Saturday. Officer Baucom was slain Saturday when ho stopped and questioned tho paii1, rl(0ig in a stoleiiVoar, a few miles north of Grants Pass. Barrier, a youth of 17 yoar8,O0d his com panion were captured a few hours after tho policeman's death and Bar rlcd later confessed to stato police that he had fired tho shots that end ed Baucom's life. Following tho crime, tho pair fled northward, ran tho stolen automobile overa bank, discarded the murder weaptm and then started walking In an effort to elude pursuit. They were captured soon after. Sunday they were taken over tho routo of thulr unsuccessful apo in an effort to locifre the sceno where- the weapon hud been thrown, but tho search was fruitless. Since tiie slaying, Bowles, 21 years old and p0.essor of a trim lnul record In (lifornla, has been quiet in demeanor but the youthful mwnber of the duo has had con tlimcd spells of weeping. The slain ofriccr had bucn a stats policeman since 1030 and wus a llcu- (Continued on Page Two) MARY AND DOUG -WILL SEPARATE LOS ANOEI.B3, July 3 (At Mary Plnkford and Douglas Fairbanks, Doug and Mary to their world or film fol lowers, are contemplating a separa tion and possibly a divorce, on the irfttiitwlu nf "ItifnmnfiMhllH.v Plckfalr, the palatial homo wherPi they havo lived and entertained royalty, is for sale. This announcement from "Ameri ca's sweetheart" herself left Holly wood stunned today, although ru mors of separation had been current and had been denied for moro than two years. Wheat Today CHICAGO, July 3 (At Wheat sky rockets almost five cents a bushel toduy at the opening of business, and smnnhcd all top records reached of late, A rise of 14 points In British exchange woa the dominating factor. Opening 2' to 4 cents up in active trading, wheat continued to mount. , . JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME SNOW IN KANE, PA. HEAVY STOCK HIIVINO NOTED AVIATOR DIES $75,000 RANSOM READY S KANE, Pa.; July 3 VP) A llcht snuw fell In Kuno toduy, a utriklug coiitrtiNt to tho glzllng siiiiimcr heivt or liwt week. NEW YORK, July 3 VP) Heavy buying rolled into the share.and com modity markets today in response to tho dollar's deollno to now lows ar- tor publication of Prosldont Roose velt's note to tho economic confer ence. INDIANAPOLIS, July 3 (T) Itll8 Mll Koanlnuin, 3S-)-oiir-old Boston, iMiiKS., Hporttnuui mid aviator Injured Saturday tltirliiR tho truiucontliiental air riic, died tills morning ut City hospital. OHIOAaO, July 3 (ff) Jerome Factor dug deep Into tho paternal Jeans today to scrape up $75,000 de manded for the ransom of his kid naped father, but awaited in vain directions for the payoff, John fac tor, tho barber who found speculat ing more iucratlve, had been a cap- tlvo slnco Saturday. WASHINGTON, July 3 (P) White 1 1 on m uttaeiiw said today the cruiser Indianapolis hearing President Iloosc vult dropped nnchor lit . Annapolis Koads shortly after 8:30 a, in., today, more than two hours beforo Hehedule. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 3 m Horton Smitli, American, profes sional Svom Chicago, shot a sub-par 71 today to, go Into a tie with! George T. Dunlap Jr., of Now York, amateur star, for the lead in- tho first quail-, fytng.roimdor the Brlttsh. open golf ctmmplonBhtp, 1 ' ' MUCH WORK DONE BY C. C.C. UNIT AT CAMP IMNAHA ENTrfTtPRISE, Ore. (Special) Vis itors to the C. C. C. camp at Imnaha havo been grcaily impressed with its excellent crganl'atlon and facilities, and also with tho high1 class of men thoro and tho work they aro accom plishing. Supervisor F. W, Furst of the forest, stopping In town long enough to get his breath between his scattered duties, .said Capt. H. Y. Lyon and his staff have established a wonderful camp, with all sorts of facilities. Tho recreation hall Is com pleteol and they aro ready to put in an arena for boxing. Shower baths aro installed and tho men seem hap py and contented, Tho forest servlco work In charge of V. V. Church Is progressing very satisfactorily. The Grizzly Ridge road Is extending along toward tho top a& a fairly rapid rate and will be one of tho Most scenic In Eastern Ore gon, giving a wonderful view of the Imnaha valley from Buckhorn to Frcczcout, and much of the Snake river. A few days ago a car load of powder was received for cutting off tho rocky points on the road. Tho men employed on the road are acquiring valuable experience and, apparently are entering into their work wholeheartedly. Their tinio and labor Is so arranged that they are learning tho value of discipline, both mental and physical, and are grow ing stronger and sturdier with their healthy outdoor work. They are di vided into crows ot 20 to 40, in charge of foremen. . The work. Mr. Furst said, will be of inestimable value to tho forest service. As soon as the road Is com pleted to tho top of the ridge, tcle phono lines will be built and towers placed for lookouts. All tiff will Kcrvo to protect tho forest and make It moro accessible, and. consequent ly more valuable. I'llli; IN T1MSII HOX Tho ffro truck was called to John Larlflon's rcsldcnco at 10:20 o'clock IttU morning to extinguish a fire In a trnflii box. No damago was reported. l iNQUmiNG" Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will be stopped at random on the street comer and asked some I (HiPfttlon of the day. Through tho courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight ' each Interviewed will be grunted two complimentary tickets to the D Mhrrty Theater. The current itt tract Ion Is M July's l'rorrawloii," ; with mi all-star cast. I "What aro you going to do on the Fourth of July?" That question con jures up a hwt of very inviting ways in which to spend a holiday. O. B. Davis, 1707 Adams avenue, says, "I'm a fisherman so naturally tho best way to send tho Fourth of July Is to go into tho woods on ROOSEVELTS REFUSAL IS HELD REASON President's Dramatic Stand on Gold Standard Question Unchanged SEEN AS REBUKE TO THE FRENCH Switzerland Takes . First Step Toward Holding up Further : Work of World Conference. , LONDON, July 3, (P) President Roosevelt's dramatic refusal to have anything ito do with supporting the old-fashioned gold standard resulted this afternoon In the European gold bloc's taking definite steps to make good their threat to desert the par-' ley unless It sailed under a flag of j gold. In gold bloc quarters It was stated that some delegations at least ex- pected immediate orders from their governments to return home, leav- ' I UK only a few minor secretaries a London. .... Should the entire gold group, con-.: slating of France, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Switzerland, abandon ine conference It , would virtually be : paralyzedu . . Switzerland niaices move Tho first move on behalf of tho gold countrlds was mode through - (Contlnuod on Page Two) , Auto Accidents ,. Fatal to Four In Western Oregon SALEM, July 3 m Donald riuce vicli, 13. or Oregon City, died in a hospital hero yesterday from Injuries in an automobile accident north ol hero Saturday night. Mvo other per sons were also injured. Nory T. Warren, 31, of Portland, with whom tho boy and hl father wcro riding, was hold on a charge of drunken driving. PORTLAND, Oro., July 3 W) Three deaths, attributed to automobiles, was the toll reported on highways near Portland Sunday, as thousands of motorists took to the roads on tho first of tho Fourth of July holi days.. Tho dead wore: Donald Sucovlch, 13, of Portland; Bmmett Hodge, 31. of Dayton, Ore.; Earl Wobstor, 23, of Dayton, Oro. . : 45 C. C. C. MEN TO SPEND 4TU WITH FAMILIES By furnishing transportation to and from Crane Plats camp No. 1305, of tho citizens1 conservation corps, tho county of Union made It posslble, for 46 mon to return to La Grande, Elgin, Union and other county points for the Fourth of July holi day. . ' Members of tho camp who took advantago of tho offer of transporta tion which was by truck upon ar rival today wcro delighted with the county's actions and spoke well of the camp, paying trlbuto to tho ex cellent leadership of Captain Towe and Mojor Hall, commanding ofll cors. ' Tho group signed a resolution "sincerely expressing their gratltudo and appreciation ot the county's ser vlco making It possible for thorn to enjoy tho Fourth of July" at homo with their families. (JKOKUB BALI. 11BAII Word wos received hero today by Rev. D. Murcus Godwin that Ocorgo Ball, formerly of La Orande, died at tho I. O. O. F. homo at Sacramento, Cal, on Juno 28. The body. It is re ported, is 'to bo sent to La Orando for burial with tho Odd Follows to havo chBrgc. Furthor details woro not avallablo today. REPORTER j an outing and spend tho day fish ing, quietly and peacefully, excopt for the fish." ' Mrs. Lynn H, Larson, 1607 Oak strict, when asked how she liked best to spend the Fourth of July, de clared, "Stay at home. There are too many bugs for plcolcs.0'
