La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 22, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDefeats Sales Tax; Repeal Carries By 2 to 1 I WKATHEK FORECAST J Oregon: Overcast on coast, other- I wine fair tonight, Sunday: tempera- I tura unchanged ; nannul tempera- ! J turns next week. Local weather Frl- ua).s mux H.I, mill si, Today: nilu fig, J J Clear, ' j Only NewspaJer ; Printed in La Grande J Covering Union and Wallowa Counties ! mxMtt VOLUME 31 E.VS1EHN OKEUON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1933 MKMIiEK ASSOCIATED PHESS AND A, II. C. NUMBER 273 A HMD mm m mm m Oregon m WW mm CITY VOTES FOR PROJECT OVER 2 TO 1 Unofficial Count For 11 Precincts in La Grande: Yes, 1012, No 497. NEXT STEP TO GET GOVERNMENT 0. K. Officials to Move Soon to Get Federal Approval of $257,000 Pipeline, Power Plant. Upsetting the belief held by many that the city bond .issue proposal would fail, the plan to reconstruct the Beaver Creek pipeline and build a city power plant at a cost of $257, 000, passed Friday by a hand some majority by a vote of more than two to one. The unofficial complete count was 1012 to 497 in, favor of the bonds. Approval of this Issue means that the city, providing It can get approval of the plan from, the federal govern ment will rebuild the pipeline and erect a power plant to pperato In connection with the pipeline and to serve power for the city building, li brary, ornamental street lights, sew age disposal plant, city pumping plant, . 30 Per Cent Grant ' c" Only 70 per cent of thebondswul' be repaid under the National Recov ery act plan, the government, to pay for 30 .per cent of the project as an outright grant, ; The project was favored largely for two reasons, because the ( Beaver Creek pipeline musti be replaced any how within a few years, and second, because of unemployed men of this community. ' Olty officials have said that 11 fed eral assistance cannot be obtained, the bondB will be referred back to the voters for cancellation; also, any unused portion of the 'bonds will be (Continued, on Page Six Two Plays Are Staged Friday At School Here Two plays, "Nevertheless" and "The Proud Princess," were presented Fri day by students of . the Ackernuin Training school under the direction of Miss Gladys Billings and Miss Gladys Owens of tho play production class at the Eastern Oregon Normal school of which Miss Florence Day is supervisor. Children from grades 2, 3, 4 and 6 took part In the produc tions. "Nevertheless," by Stuart Walker, included the following cast; Marvel Fallow, a girl; Paul Hyde, a boy; Bernard Burnett, a burglar; Janice Lyon, prologue; James Dial, device bearer. ; , 1 "The Proud Princess" waa present ed by the following: . King, Merldee Moore; queen, Jean McCroskey; proud princess, Jean Bowser; 1st lady -In-waiting, Virginia Ftnley; 2nd lad y-ln-waiting, Betty (Continued on Page Two) REPORTS TIRE, WHEEL STOLEN Claude Beale reported to the police yesterday that a aorta dies wheel and tire for .a two-ton truck was stolen from him near the rear of the Claude Wright implement house. The police are investigating the case. MRS. KAAPCKE WINS ESSAY CONTEST Young's Ice company, the subject of this week's Merchants' Essay and Misspelled Word contest, proved a very popular subject and several score essays and lists of corrected words were received. Judging final ly resulted In the selection of the essay written by Mrs. Ophelia Kaapcke, 1613 Sixth street, La Grande being awarded first prize. Next week's contest, announced elsewhere in today's Observer, will feature the Reynolds Insurance agency, : Interest In the contest, which was WILL ROGERS SALINAS,' Cal., July 21 Say, 1 got kinder mixed up on my per cent in the paper thla morning. I said liquor tax should be.50 per cent. Well I am going to raise you another 60, 1 meant 100 per cent, you dont mind that lit tle raise, do you? Say, those old moonshiners In Ten nessee came pretty 'near protecting their industry In yesterday's election, didn't they? ' What did I tell you about that lit tle one-eyed Oklahoman boy, he is a hawk, ain't he? He holds the doubles and singles championship now. If ho ever decides to make up a foursome to go round, I will take out a ticket with htm ' This is Salinas' big day, the king of California rodeos here Is where you see the old California boys with the long rawhide rlatos. Beautiful flight here by the Seaboard Air Line. Yours, ( . .- : SCOUT COURT HED FRIDAY AT PINE CONE Big Event of Summer At tracts Many; Badges Awarded Several Scouts The summer Boy; Scout court of honor and picnic was held last night when-awards' werevmadei to several scouts for various activities at Pine Cone. It was a very successful event. Norman Frees acted as 'chairman of the court of honor and badge awards were made by other members of the scout board, David B. Stoddard spoke on the scout conclave at Salt Lake City recently which several of the La Grande boys attended. (Continued on Page Four) , CLOSE VOTING ON REPEAL MEASURE IN WALLOWA AREA Wallowa county, with.' two-thirds of its 21 precincts reported before noon today, saw repeal leading by a slight margin, a more than ,two-to-one vote against the sales tax, and the oleo tax bill enjoying a 3 to 2 lead. Fourteen precincts gave the follow ing vote: A. W. Eggleson (wet delegate) 618; D. H. Maglll (dry delegate) 4G8. Federal repeal: yes 688, no 509. Bonus amendment: yes 551, no 410. County manager plan : yes 246, no 712. Grand jury change: yes 378, no 528. Two-thirds bond vote: yes 356, no 491. . State power bonds: yes 327, no 5o0. Sales tax: yes 330, no 816. State repeal: yes 604, no 504. Oleo tax: yes 697, no 403. PROGRAM FOR CHURCH GIVEN At the Baptist church Sunday morning, the pastor will speak on "The Winning Minority." Special music will be sung by the choir. The subject for the evening ser mon will be "Immortality." The ser mon will be preceded by a song ser vice. The hours of services are: Bible school, 0:46; morning worship, 11:00: young people's meeting, 7:00: evening worship, 8:00; Thursday evening pray er meeting, 8:00. good from the very start, Is growing with each passing week. Three prizes are offered, cash amounting to M, $2 and tl. The winner of second ,rize this week was Carlylc Nibley, 2C10 Cove avenue, La Grande, and third prize went to Mrs. Malda L. Stevenson, of Joseph, Ore, Honorable mention was given to Lulu Weeks. P. O. Box 8. Cove; Mrs. Oscar Poarch, 2006 Cedar street. La Grande; Emery Hartley, Cove, and (Continued on Pago Two) Post Starts Long SALES TAX SWAMPED BY OREGON VOTE Proposed Tax, Referred to People , by Legisla ture, is Beaten Badly LOCAL VOTE FIVE TO ONE AGAINST One Cove Prtecinct Turns Down Plan 87. to 2 Union . County Votes Against Oleo Tax. ' r STATE TURNS DOWN SALES TAX (By The Associated Press) ; A .vote i of terrific proportions was cast in Oregon Friday against the proposed 2 per cent state sales tax which was referred by ,tho leg islature with the idea it would be applied to lift the burden Imposed by the state, property, tax. , , The 1206 precincts reported a no vote of 124,598 compared with 36,523 In favor 'of the measure. . Union countyr voted overwhelming ly against the. proposed sales tax In yesterday's special election, the meas ure being rejected by a greater than five-to-ohe voter ' Over the state the proposal . was being defeated more than three to one. ' With 33 out , of 3fr Union1 County precincts ,rcpofted; the sales tax did. not carry a single precinct. . ' . The biggest vote against the tax plan ,"was in Cove precinct No. 2, where the yes vote was 2 and the no 87, with the other Oove precinct voting yes 7, no 101. The incomplete Union county vote on other measures Included: Delegates: Baxter (dry) 1048; Bull (wet) 1625: Godwin (dry) 973; Mc- (Continued on Page Four) FAIR WEATHER DUE FOR WEEK Warmer weather visited the valley yesterday, with a high of 85 in spite of clouds during part of the day. The minimum was 51 and this morn ing's minimum was two degrees warmer, with clear skies. - Fair weather with unchanged tem peratures is predicted! for Oregon for the next week. O'er The Land of V .To i , f I - J,'iWr - , r& V?" ''V'V rfr- OREGON 20TH TO RATIFY REPEAL PLAN Vote Over State at Pres ent Stands About 2 po 1 Against Prohibition. UNION CO. VOTE STANDS AT 3 TO 2 Tennessee Repeal Lead Reduced to Below 9000; Colorado to Vote on . Fifth of September. . AHOUT 2-TO-l l'Oll KKI'EAL PORTLAND, Ore., July 22 (P) . A total of 112,641 votes were -cast for repeal of the 18th amendment, . compared with1 69,499 for reten tion of the amendment, In 1324 of Oregon's 1787 precincts. The vote to repeal the state, prohibition laws was 117,983 to 60,764. . By The Associated Oregon took her place today with states approving repeal of the 18th amendment, thereby making It 20 to 0 In favor of blotting national pro hibition from the constitution. ' ' This state, on an Incomplete count (Continued On Page Pour) Wheat Limiting Plan Not Before Wallace As Yet WASHINGTON, July 22 (Secre tary Wallace said today no plan for limiting price ranges for wheat above and below $1.03 a bushel has .been laid before him, but he Indicated In terest in tho proposal, reported Irom Chicago. Wallace said no action on any plan (Continued From Page Four) UNKNOWN MAN IN ACCIDENT A man whose identity had not been learned when the Observer went to press today, figured In an automobile accident near Pine Cone this morn ing, Ills light car overturning twice. Tho man, according to a distant eye witness, crawled from the damaged car and started walking toward La Grande. State police Investigated. The Free And The Home of The Brave ,.i.-'i.,wIm.,ii w..i,ii, ! ..imi-.,, i,iwni'lii.Pl,!JIIWil."l,L UHl i.lU."Vm'UyHl Trip From Edmonton To New York After Thirty-Three A romance which began In the Yukon Christmas-Eve, 1000, when John Mntson, sourdough, witnessed Klondike Kate, the "prettiest girl inthe Yukon," do -her famous butterfly dance In the Monte Carlo 'dance hall at Dawson City, blossomed into marriage at Vancouver recently when Matson, 69, and Mrs. Kate Rockwell, 53, the same ' Klondike Kate, were united by Rev. George Pringle, "Sky Pilot of the i . . . , Yukon." VISIT PENDLETON TO WATCH MOVIE I MORS DO FILM l"o see how a- talking picture is mode, Mi, and Mrs. C. M. Wight and Mrs. Ray Meyerslck drove to the Christopher wheat ranch near Helix Thursday and watched the. cast of ttCfeiden Harva&"e anotlon picture which is written around tho- col lapse of the wheat market. Mr. Wight is manager of the Liberty theatre. The story of wheat farming and marketing will include a variety of scenes all dealing with the great In dustry, members of the cast told tho visitors. Beforo coming to Helix, con siderable time was spent In Chicago taking pictures of the wheat pit, al though no principals were shown In the scenes. ' All of the actors, Richard Arlen, the hero; Genevieve Tobin, Chester Mor ris, Roscoe Atcs and, others looked Just like they do in the movies, but Atea sounds considerably different since ho affects his stutter only dur ing business hours, Mr. Ates enter tained Mrs. Wight and Mrs. Meyer- sick who sat in his car near the scene or the action. ' , Arlen plays tile part of the country boy and Thursday was going through a scene in which ho handled a four- (Contlnued on Page Six) Years REMOVECROP, STOCKOFFICE TO PORTLAND Government; Reporting Station in Seattle to be Installed in Oregon. SEATTLE, July 22 A1) Removal of the crop and livestock reporting of fice here of the federal department of agriculture to Portland!, to be com bined with the Oregon office of simi lar character, was announced today by the bureau of agricultural eco nomics, as a mttter of economy. "The Joint W.ashlng ton-Oregon of fice Is located at Portland because Portland Is nearer to the center of the lmmedlato territory to be served," the announcement said. y John S. Denee, agricultural statis tician, formerly In charge of tho of fice hero, will be In chargo of the combined office. Poison Liquor Blamed For Two Oregon Deaths ALBANY, Ore., July 22 (T) Two deaths attributed by police to poison liquor were being Investigated here tociay. Coroner Fisher received word from Lebanon that Minnie Stenberg, 10, had died from tho effects of liquor she drank while attending a dance. Winford R. Cobb of Portland died early today, attsertedly from the ef fects of liquor he drank at Roseburg yesterday. FITZGERALDS TAKING TRIP Mr. antfi Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald left this morning on a pleasure and business trip to Portland, Seattle and Tttcoma. They pinn to return In two weeks. Mr. FlUgerald owns the FltKgcrald Furniture company. ; GOLFERS WILL PLAY SUNDAY Swcepstnkcs have been planned for tomorrow for tho men golfers at the La Grande Country club. They will alflo play for places on the ladder tournament, Ken Slegrist, tourna ment committee chairman, an nounced todny. Wheat Today WINNIPEO, July 22 Supported by gonerouH purchased from overseas, wheat snapped out of early session pyrotechnics with a broad and actlvo rally today. Tho gain, whllo not a completo recovery from an opening decline of 11 Va cents, was decidedly cheering. The close found prices rostlng 4 'j (M'to lower than, Friday's close. July 73c, October 76 & 7614c December 77c. , LIVERPOOL. July 22 m Wheat closed: July 70; . Oct. 71)',.: Dec. 81 '2; March 83'.; exchango H.OB. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME H1U FOUND CIIAINKD lit? . HUSSI:N' lI,ANB IOWN ASKS LlIMItKR THAI HI CODR SHOUT F.XCIIAN(iF, IIOUHS OTTAWA, 111., July 22 Wl A dep uty sheriff Hal (I lie found In n barn at the home of Churles HlupwliiHki, the latter'H seven-)' earmold son, John, chulned with a heuvy dog chain, ami tlmt there were nine doss In the burn with lihn, Hlapwlitskl mH ur rtstwl. The boy said he lutd been fettered for 40 Hours bevautic lie mil away. MOSCOW, July 22 WJJ Taas (Uus elnn news ngoucyi announced today that the soviet aviator Levanovsky had been forced -down by tog at Prov idence bay. The filer was en route home after piloting Jlmmle Mattern to Alauka. The agency said he would resume his flight as soon as visi bility Improves. . ,., :., ...'...; .... WASHINGTON, July 22 (ff) The IiunUer Industry today iiKked nerinlH slon to make Immediate appllctitlon of its trade code. Hugh 8. Johnson, recovery administrator, took tlie re quest under, advisement. He has termed unacceptable the code's mini mum wages of $10 to $20 weekly, and working tlmo of 40 to 48 hours. NEW YORK, July 22 P) The New York stock exchange announced to day that beginning Monday it would open at noon until further notice. LONDON, July itS Wi It was said In well Informed ' American qiuirtars Imlay tlmt representatives of tlie ohlef sliver holding and' .producing nut Ions linil rniclied tin Understanding for control of the sliver market. United suites Senator. Key IMtlnuin said he expected to make. an announcement later. ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON TURN TO N. R. A. SELECTIONS By William, V. Ucalo . (Associated Press Stafr Writer) WASHINGTON, July 22 Wi Presi dent Roosevelt and Hugh S, Johnson today began Boloctlng 600 lieutenants to Impel toward victory their unpre cedented peace-time program for put ting at least a.000,000 Idle to work by September. ' Both wero said to be highly pleased by first public reaction toward their scheme, under which around 6,000,- (Ccntlnued on Pairo Two- MOLLISONS OVER ATLANTIC TODAY BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July 22M") Tho piano In which Jim and Amy Molllson took off for the Unit ed States today passed between Fast net Rock and tho Cork mainland at 1:20 P. M Q. M. T. today (8:20 A. M., EAT.). Tho ship was' flying low. It dis appeared towards tho Atlantic. MOI.I.1HDNS START FLIGHT ' " . PENDINE, Wales, July 22 (P) The famous flying Molllsons, Jim and Amy, took off this morning to fly to Baghdad after crossing the Atlan tic twice. They planned to reach New York Sunday night and after a short rest to cross tho ocean once more, seek ing a distance non-stop record. j INQUIRING Bach day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will tie stopped at random on the Rtreet corner and asked some qifstlon of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M, Wight eacn interviewed will he grunted two complimentary ticKcw to tne Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is "Black Iteauty" hy Anna Sewell. Walter Wlnchell, the radio key hole artist pnr excellence, took one on the chin last night. Al Jolson was on the opposite end of the fist that delivered the blow because Wln chell, he believed, has cast asper sions at Iluby Kecler, otherwise Mrs. Al Jolson, In a movie scenario. Comments gleatied by the Inquir ing reporter would Indicate that Wlnchell Is not exactly the most pop ular person In tho world. Claude L. Berry, May Park, soys, "Walter Wln chell should hove been knocked c'jown before. Every man should take a lesson from his experience and re member that It pays to think twice WILEY POST ON HIS WAY T0NE1VY0RK Flier. Hops Off Prom Ed monton This Morning on Long Last Lap of Flight HOPES TO iBREAK ' OLD GLOBE RECORD Plane Believed to be Win nie Mae Passes; Over Humboldt, Sask. ; Air plane Flying High. GUAM) MARIAS, Minn., July 22 (IP) -estate forestry rangers In 'the 8n- nerlur National forest reported that a ' plane believed to be that of WUey Post, flying to New York from Ed monton, .passed over WanJess tower 30 miles west of here, at 3:30 p.-in. K.S.T., today; Ho was flying In southeasterly : direction. , RIGHTED OVER. IHJMIIOLDT ', .HUMBOLDT, Basic., July 22 (ffV-A plane believed! to be the Winnie Mae, In which WUey Post Is making the last ' leg of his round-the-world flight, passed here today -at 1:00 p. m., B. S; T., headed eastward at great speed. The shl was; flying very high. Post Is bound from Edmonton to Now York.- - St" POST LEAVES RDMONTOif ( -BWillONTON,'! jul22-W) - Wiley '- -uab, .ismuuuiim iuuuu-i,ue-wqria llier, hopped off for Now York on the last leg of his trip at 9:41 a. m., E. s. T today. He arrived hero at 8:07 a, m., E. S. T., after a flight of nine hours (Continued on Page Pour) Jolson Punches WinchelPs Face; Writer Floored HOLLYWOOD. Cal.,1 July 22 Wi-r' Walter Wlnchell, the Broadway col umnist who specializes in opening closed secrets, receipted last night for a blow on-r-or near the chin of such proportions that he didn't have a characteristic comeback, for all of three minutes. ! ' , :M ' ' , Al Jolson paid the compliment. - Among the things tho columnist . never knew until1 now (he said bo!) is the way the mammy singer and movie actor punches ambidexterously, although Wlnchell Insists that when . Jolson. mauled him at tho Hollywood Legion stadium boxing show, be was helped by two other guys." - Four thousand persons saw the 1 brawl, and lour thousand versions . were extant today, but the fact re mains that Jolson hit Wlnchell be cause he didn't llko him because he resented things Wlnchell had put In a movie scenario reflecting dispar agingly Jolson said on Ruby Keel--er. Andi he resented that because Ruby Kceler is Mrs. Al Jolson. The spectators, standing on their seats to. see a fight not carded on tho evening's entertainment, lost count of tlie knockdowns. Jolson said afterward lie had floored the self announced Broadway tattler several times. "He hit me In the back of the neck," related Wlnchell later. "And there were two of them two guys hit me." ' "I Just up and popped him," said Jolson. "I hit Wlnchell several times and I know I knocked him down at least twlco. I dlCin't hit him very hard, either." REPORTER j when It comes to another man's wife. After he has thought twice and knows ' for a surety that he Is right then ho should keep his mouth shut. O. K., Al Jolson." Mrs. M. L. Larson, 1510 M avenue, says. "Aside for the rather absurd emulation of Sir Qalnhnd on the part of Al Jolson I think ho bene fited society when ho knocked Wal ter Wlnchell. If he had only hit him hardor tho world would have been a little nearer to Utopia. Then if somebody would only knock "mammy-slnglng" Al Jolson out the world would Just about be perfect."