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1 ' i . ii Eastern Oregon To Inspect Projects Mead To Visit i WBAT1IKK FOIIKCAKT ' i I Oregon; Fob on count, otherwise I fulr tonight mill Huiiday; coaler Bun- I day. Fair weutlier next week, iiorinu! J temperatures. Local, weather Friday: l Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties I max VQt mill virur. xuuuy. linn ui " J above. Clear. , , , VOLUME 31' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PBJBM AND A, B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1933 ASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 267 AIMLAMS TACH JMOT1C TWO Inland Empire Farmers Favor Wheat Adjustment Plan LOCAL GRAIN MEN ATTEND MEETING HERE Sentiment Throughout Columbia Area "Over whelmingly in Favor." STATE COLLEGE f IS GIVEN REPORT Arlington, Pendleton, La Grande Meetings Fri day ; At Condon, Enter prise and Weston Today More than 200 wheat farmers of Union county appeared to approve of the agricultural adjustment act yesterday when they gathered at the Sacajawea Inn for an all-day meeting. P. L. Ballard, county agent leadeT, and L". R. Brelthaupt, extension agri cultural economist, both of Oregon State college, and H. G. Avery, Union county agent, outlined the plan In a series of addresses. . More than 200,000 will be alloted to this county for 1933 under the plan and payment will start early this fall. A similar amount also will be alloted In 1934 and again In 1935 to farmers who sign a contract to . reduce acreage if requested to cd bo by the secretary of agriculture during 1934 and 1935 Bach of the farmers who signs a fcontract will share in proportion to the amount. of wheat ho .. raises and . the plan is designated to1 lastntil 1936, It was pointed out. t . v The farmers appeared favorable to the plan yesterday but how favorable they are will not be determined until the active campaign to organize the county wheat production control plan begins after the harvest is out of the way, in about three weeks. Those who wish to take advantage of the agricultural' adjustment plan will form an association from which a board of directors will be elected. From the board of directors will be chosen the county allotment commit tee to allot each producer his acre age and production on the basis of what he produced during the past three years. The allotment will be based on the tax. which was passed last week, and applies to only about 60 per cent of the wheat, the amount consumed In the United States. . Farmers believe that they can grow smaller acreage and save the expense of cultivating the acreage eliminated or put in some other crop. The re duced acreage at the market price, plus the bonus, will bring more than the original acreage without the Joonus, it is believed. x Sentiment throughout the Colum bia basin wheat section Is "over whelmingly In favor" of the proposed! wheat adjustment program, as ex pressed so far at the first meetings being held by the State college ex- (Contlnued on Pago Six, Short Program Is Planned For 'Pioneer Picnic Only a short program will be plan ned for the annual pioneer picnic at Riverside pnrk next Thursday, July 20, according to J. E. Reynolds, presi dent of the Union County Sons and Daughters of Pioneers, which Is sponsoring the event. It is felt that the pioneers would rather .listen to a shorter program and then spend the remainder of the time visiting, renewing old acquaint ances, etc. George H. Currc'y, member of the committee In charge, announces that Dunham Wright, president of the pio neer association, will deliver an ad dress. All pioneers and their families and friends are Invited to attend. ADA MAY COOPER IS WINNER OF CONTEST To Ada May Cooper, of 906 H ave nue, goes the first prize for the best essay this week in the Merchants Essay and Misspelled Word contest, conducted from week to week. The subject for this week was the Roy Farnam Supply Co.. and many fine Cssays were received, with practically U of the entrants also getting the required number of misspelled w3?j straightened out. Elsewhere In today's paper Is an advertisement announcing the ctn- test for next week. Since the weather WILL ROGERS "tnuc sgvs: BEVERLY HITiT.S, Oal., July 14 Do you remember some of the state ments before the London conference started? The world was to stop re volving, air was to lose Its oxygen If the conference failed. i- - Herrlot of Prance said, "America and Prance loolc with a like purpose on economic problems. The confer ence must succeed." Cordell Hull really waxed dramatic: "The failure of the conference will mean the failure of statesmanship. Selfishness must bo banished' from all minds." ' Well, the thing has flopped and we are setting along better than ever. It Just shows that nothing la Im portant a month later. The funny part about It is that all those states men really thought they were going to "make history." Well, history makes Itself and the statesmen Just drag along. Yours. , - . BANK CLEARS UP $125,000 DEBT IN SIX MONTHS The Wallowa Notional bank of En terprise, which six months .ago had an indebtedness of 126.0O0 has ab solutely cleared up this debt and t the present has a surplus and ufl divided profits on hand of $l8.6Po." This was revealed In the statement of the bank's condition In response to the call from the comptroller of currency Issued the first of the month. In addition the bank is enjoying a very steady increase in deposits, with a large portion oP this, of course, ac counted for by the fact that the wool (Continued on Pago Two) MOSTOFWESTIN HEAT WAVE GRIP Warm weather touched a new high for July yesterday when the mercury did not stop its afternoon ascent un til It reached 95 obovc. This was thq warmest day of this month. Nights have been warmer this week also, with Friday's low 62 anovc and the minimum for last night 61 above. The dry, clear weather has result ed in rapid evaporation of moisture, and many local peoplo are .beginning their usual summer schedule of Irri gation for lawns and gardens.. The present heat wave is general over the west. High marks recorded Friday include the following: Baker 90, B0I30 96, Helena 84, Mcdforc 104, Phoenix 110, Pocatello 92, Portland 80, Roscburg 94, Salt Lake City 96. Seattle 84, Spokane 96, Wqjla Walla 100. Yakima 08. California temperatures, according to official weather reports, ranged from a high of 68 at San Diego yes terday to a maximum of 96 at Sacra mento. ; - i , Grand Patriarch Of Encampments Due Here Mofiday Joseph E. Schweitzer, of Portland, the grand patriarch of the Encamp ments of Oregon,' will pay Star En campment No. 31 an official visit Monday evening at 8 o'clock. He will have an Interesting message for all members. Mr. Schweitzer has been making visitations In Wallowa county and! from La Grande he will go to Union for a meeting Tuesday, July 18. seems appropriate for Ice, Young's Ice Co. will bo the subject of the contest next week. With each passing week, more In terest Is being shown in the contest. First prize receives A3, second 2 and third 1. Mrs. George Rlchardsun, of 803 Adams avenue, was second this week and Neva Stein, of 1805 X ave nue, was third. In addition. Manager C. M. V.lghv. cf the Liberty theatre, is giving a (Continued on Page Six Artist Divorced By 'Model Wife' Tjj No longer a model for. McClel land Barclay,- famed artist is his beauteous wtfo;- tho " former Hnlen Marie Haskin, above. A Los Angeles court granted her a divorce on the grounds of cruelty. 180 Election Officials Selected To Take And Count July 21 Vote One hundred and eighty men and women will be required to handle the special election in Union county. This group Is made up of election officials, five to each of the 36 pre cincts. There Is one chairman, one judge and three clerks, andi In some of the precincts, one of this group is designated as "carrier." The election will be conducted by these 'officials, and when the vote has been completed at 8 p. m. July 21, they also will count the ballots. PRETTY SOFT G. BELLINGER WILL SPEAK Program Arranged For County Health Associa tion Meeting at Union 13 COMMUNITIES WILL TAKE PART Meeting to Take Plase Wednesday Evening, July 19 on S. E. Miller Lawn in North Union. G. C. Bellinger, M. D., superinten dent of the Oregon tuberculosis hos pitals, and Mrs. Saldle Orr-Dunoar, executive secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis association, will be the principal ' speakers at a meeting of the Union County Public Health as sociation on S. E. Miller's lawn' at Union, Wednesday, July 19. Com munities which will be representvd at the event are Allcel, Cove, Elgin. Hilgard, Imbler, Island City, Kameia, North Powder, Pondoso, Starkey, Summervllle, Union and La Grande. Everyone will furnish his own lunch at the picnic, and coffee, cream and sugar will be furnished. Serving will be held from! 6:15 to 7:30 o'clock when the program will be presented, v - Program Announced - The program will bo presided over by H, J3. Dixon, president of tho as sociation, antt wilf "'include: "America'' Audience Invocation Rev. R. C. Leo Secretary's report. 1 Treasurer's report. ( , Introducing of county, chairman of standing committees, W. C. Perkins, advisory; H. A. Zurbrlck, finance; E. A. Say re, educational; Mrs. L. Den ham, nursing; Mrs. Georgo Lyman, supply; A. W. Nelson, publicity. (Continued on Pago Two) p The 180 to'scrvc next Friday follow: Allcel: Bruce Clark,' Harvey Ruok man. J. A. Gasklll, Carl Fuller, S. G. Ruckman. Antelope: C. A. Hill, W. F. Titus, Arcta Halsey, Wlllard Hill, G. V. Wil kinson. Big Creek : P. J. Powers, James Goble, Zena B. Wanker, Emma Dun can, Dollle Landers. Cove 1: Robert S. French, L. O. (Continued on Pago Six) FOR THE OLD-TIME M NO BIG USIMeSS a : : 1 LINDBERGHS CHARTING ARCTIC VJ GREENLAND r ( 0Q& BAFFINX fS W.v.vV Av.v.-.7i-.v.y,v.7.-.-.-.v -.v.V7 -v -l f ; 3 UMANAKj TCf' (AJ B0R6 G007HAAB' FREDERIKSHAABfif SisS mmmmmmmA , v HALIFAX '.NORTH HAVEN, ME. Hero la a map of the urea which Colonel and Mra. Lindbergh plan to visit on their current flight into the Arctic. Yesterday they flew to ..Cartwright. Labrador, pictured near the lower center of the nuip. ;. EEWORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY Thirty-two members of the Ep worth Lcaue of tlie First Methodist church plan to leave Sunday for Wallowa lake to attend the annual Institute of the -western district of the Idaho conference. The Institute will open Monday evening with a "Get Acquainted Time," with Rev. W. If. Hertzog, pastor of the local church, presenting the keynote ad dress in which he probably will out line the objectives of the Institute to have a good time, to Increase the appreciation for the church and; reli gious values, and to promote a wider fellowship among young people. Those who plan to attend from La Grande are Oma Mae Herald, Lois Broomfleld, Merrill Parker, Boyd Jackson, Walter Dahl, William Gunn, William Hesse, Keith Patten, Fred Hertzog, Frank Tyler, Evorett Hyde, Warren Lyle, Jack McClay, Orvllle (Continued on Page Two) STATESMEN! mssmmm celaw JfLA VViV.V.'.'.V.V.V.ViViVA YC . . . ... . I v KbYKJAVIK, ANGMAGSSALIK UMIVIK W SYDPR0VEN A TLANTIC CARTWRIGHT.. OCEAN NEWFOUNDLAND ' ST. JOHN'S Scale of Mile's ' SOO EL WOOD MEAD COMING HERE THIS SUMMER Federal Executive' to In spect Reclamation and Flood Control Projects Elwood Mead, commissioner of rec lamation, expects to make a trip to La Grande and Eastern Oregon In the late summer or early fall. Word to this effect has been re ceived by Rep. Walter M. Pierce, con gressman from La Grande. Previously it had been hoped that Mr. Mead would bo able to come to La Grande earlier In tho summer, but the press of new legislation will prevent this. While visiting Eastern Oregon, ho will bo conducted ovor tho various reclamation and flood control proj ects In this section of the state by Rep. Pierce. NAME PRINCIPALS TO SERVE DURING NEW SCHOOL YEAR The La Grande High school will be ready for occupancy by tho open ing day of school, Sept. 11, while Superintendent Herbert Evans plans to move his office to tho building during tho first week in August, It was announced today. Mr. Evans, who Is attending summer session at the University of Oregon In Port hind, will return to La Grande per manently for tho winter on July 20. Under the present plan, with the approval of tlie school board, grades from the first B through tho fifth B will hold classes at Willow school (Continued on Pugn Two) Wheat Today CHICAGO, Jlfly II! (! lllslim flutt er than a cent u bushel a iiilinrir, wheat soared a tnfiAlmiim of 5 oenl,s today, mid nloseil wlilly. The finish was within a 'dlt of the day's lop, Sl.2:l'i. Just 1 under Mm Hol lar and a quarter mark at which many speculators had uImiimI as their hnnicriinta olijcetlvo. Almost ihe sole Influence upurcnt for the sensational advance at prlMw and for a seldom ftiu!lfd attendant volume of dealings was trade foro tmn that Canada's wheat production this season would be approximately :iu per cent It than last year. At Hie day's peak, wheat was at the highest point since reoruury, iw.iu. . Closing quotation or wheat were 4'i5Wi above yesterday's finish, with corn up. oats showing Vi&Vt advance, mid provisions at n rise of i! to 15 cents. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ; . . . . KIDNAPING Fltll8TltATt;i rillNCF LOSKS TOUKNKV PORTLAND FRUIT CKNTKIt . CAPTAIN MKS IN OCEAN ... NEW YORK, July ' IS (P) At tempted kidnaping of Dr. Jacob Wuchsmaii of Brooklyn for $10,000 ransom was frustrated toduy by po lice, who fired several shots before capturing tlie two alleged ubduotors. The arrested pair Identified .them selves as Michael Dlscolo, New York, and Vincent Moscl, llrooklyn. COOMBE HILL, SURREY, Eng., July 16 (IF) Th ih of Wales lost the final match for the parliament championship o and 4 today to George Lambert, M. P., for South Molton, Devonshire. PORTLAND, Ore., July IS W Ills clnsuro that trustees of Northwest Fruit Industries, Inc., meeting at Spokane, decided to make Portland the business office or the organiza tion, was made In a telegram re ceived here last n Ik lit by Paul C. Bates, chulrnum of the . agricultural committee of the Portland chamber of commerce. NEW YORK, July IS VP) Oapt. P. L. Sears went down with his burning ship, the tanker City Service Petrol, In the Atlantic orr Wilmington, N. C, last night, while two other Amer ican merchant ships stood by and rescued 84 members of the crew. Two other men wont down with Captain Sears. They wlqro roportod killed aboard before the ship sank. CHICAGO, July 15 (IP) Mrs. Eve lyn, Nesbt '.Thaw; ,Montaiil, former wife, of Harry K. Tlutw, won' a .dl Vcfrce tbilay from Virgl James Mon tanl. formerlv her iiuiifimr iuw Mrs.' Montjinl testified her husband deserted her In:. 11)18, two years after .their marriage, YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Jlllv IB (m A general wage Increase or IS per cent u nu sieci mills In the Mahoning UUd ShciiaillfO . vnlleva u-llli n minimum wugo or 4() cents an hour will go Into effect tomorrow, officials oi me icuuing mills announced to day. . THREE-I PICNIC TO BE HELD AT PARK AUGUST 13 R. J. Kitchen, president of tho Three-I association, is announcing detailed plans for tho sixth annual fiwhu oi tne lormer rcsldonts of In diana, Illinois and Iown, which Is to bo held, as Is their custom on tho second Sunday In August. Tho exact date In Aug. 13 and tho placo Is Rlvcrsldo park. Tho attendance at theso gatherings of folks from tho middle west has been Increasing dur ing tho years tho picnics havo been held, hero and the officials and com mltteo members aro expecting that tho attendance this year may bo record-breaking, Tho general plan for tho doy In- (Continued on Togo Six) EUROPEAN PEACE PACT IS SIGNED ROME, July 15 (At The four-power European peace pact was signed hero today by Premier Mussolini, and representatives of France, Germany and Great Britain. The accord, which is designed to gun ran too tranquility among Euro pean countries for a period of 10 yearn, facilitates reduction of arma ments and leads to improvement In economic conditions, was given offi cial approval In tho Duco's huge of fice In the Palnzzo Vciiesila. No chango wan made In the text as initialed In the oamo offlco June 7. Tho ratification of the treaty by the four governments Is considered assured. ! INQUIRING REPORTER I I Kaeh day as the Inquiring Itcporter nukes the rounds two persons , ! will be stopped at random on the street corner and naked som I I Hirt Ion or the dny. Throupfli the courtesy or Manager C. M, Wight J, t each Interviewed will he granted two complimentary tickets to the H J Liberty Theatre. The current ntlraclion Is Zone Grey's "Sunset J I rnss." L L - Is a federal police force the so lution to gang terrorism? Bernlco Wilson, 1611 Adams, says, "Even In a federal police force there would be graft and after all Just because a man is a federal instead of a state or county employo Is no reason to believe that he is not go ing to be susceptible to bribes and WILEY POST OUTTOBEAT OWN RECORD 'Round -the - World; Flier Hopes to Lower Mark He and Gatty Made in 1931 DARIUS, GIRENAS r START LONG TRIP Two Take-Off For Lithu ania Lindberghs at Cartwright; Italian Fli ers Leave Montreal , By The Associated Pmw Two airplanes roared out over the Atlantic frora1 New York today, one of them attempting a record flight. One, the Winnie Mae, was piloted by Wiley Post,' who seeks to break !the B days, 16 hours 'round -tlie- ' world record he made In 1031 with Harold Gatty. ' The - other was the. Lithuanica, Jointly piloted) by Cant. Stephen Darius and Stanley Thomas Gllenas, was headed foe Luthuanla,, 4000 miles away. . ' Post was supplied with expert ad- ' vice, supplies, and United States army equipment; Darius and Girenas only with 770 gallons of gasoline. Their take-off with the- heavy. load was considered one of the most difficult feats in aviation. . 'J . . Both planes took off from Floyd Bennett field, the Winnie Mae at 4:10 and the Lithuanica at 5:24 a. m Eastern Standard) time, General Italo Balbo and. his squad ron of 24' Royal Italian seaplanes, en, route to Chicago, took off from Mont real for Chicago today. , ,,: . 0oloneKd-tjrfrs. Charles A. Lind bergh wore at ;Crtwrlght tabrador, checking on landing base possibili ties before continuing their mapping of an aerial passenger toute from. America to Europe. Officers Prepare To Press Search For Kidnap Gang ' By The Associated Press ... Elaborate efforts were under way by authorities today to apprehend kidnapers responsible for two abduc tions that of- Lieutenant John J. O'Connell Jr. In New York and that of John Factor, Chicago speculator. At the same time It was revealedi that Chicago authorities were guard ing 40 prominent citizens to prevent attempted abductions, after Facior had disclosed that the men who kid naped him had a book of prospec tive kidnap victims. From Albany It was reported that national guardsmen were prepared to ongago In an extensive manhunt for tholr kidnaped officer, Lieutenant O'Connell Jr.- "noon nkws" rkceivkd . ALTON, 111., July 15 m Agents negotiating for release of August Luoi. 77-year-old banker, kidnaped five days ago, announced today "good news" had been received. , REP. PIERCE TO SPEAK AT THE DALLES Tho onnual thrco-day convontlon of 'tho Oregon Rural Mall Carriers' association and auxiliary opened at The Dalles yesterday with rural car riers from all 8cot!on of the state in attendance. The convention will bo concluded Sunday at a plcnlo. Rep. Walter M. Plorce, of La Orandc, will address the association today. KITCHENS ON WAYJTO EAST Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kitchen loft this morning for Milwaukee whero h fnr,or It niUlt OXaltcd Hller Of the Elka lodge, will rcprcsont tho local lodgo at ino navionai tu,..v.. tion, They also plan to attend tho world's fair while In tho middle wost. protection money 1 ; Van Yatca, 1820 Z avenue, "I be lieve in a speedy trial and a strenu ous sentence for crimes against pity, such as murder, kidnaping, etc. How ever, so much stress shouldn't be laid on smaller crimes and they should be handled Immediately fol lowing arrest." -.. . t '
