La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 24, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"Economy Tuesday" Offers Exceptional Savings Tomorrow- See Page 3 Thrifty Housewives of La Grande find Vicinity Will Find Muck of Interest in Substantial Values Offered By a Group of Local Merchants For This One-Day Special Selling ... "i I OKF.CION FORECAST I Oregon: Fog qn oounl, otherwise ' I fair tonight uiid Tuencliy; Jia ehunxe i In temperature. Local weather Hun- I day: max 100, inln M. Clear. Weather I today: mill 89, 7 a. nk 72. Clear, I Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties snxm VOLUME 31 EASTEHN OKEUOVS LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1933 MEMIIEIt ASSOCIATE!) PUEN8 AND A. II. C. NUMBER 274 m (ML OPMA i City To TEN DAYS TO BE NEEDED TO FINISH PLANS Will Submit Brief to State Board Unless New Fed- , eral Plan is Working. CITY IS HOPEFUL OF EARLY ACTION L. R. Stockman, A. H. Mc Lain and E1. R. Ringo Today Begin Work of Preparing Brief. With In $257,000 Beaver Creek pipeline bond Issue officially ap proved by the voters of La Grande, j,two and a lialf to one, the next Btep before the city commission Is to get federal approval of the plan so that It may. be worked out under the publlo works program, which allows - a 30 per cent grant. City officials are not letting any grass grow under their feet in this respect, and today L. R. Stockman, ot Baker,' and A. H. MicLaln, of La (Continued on Page Six! Guardsmen Will Get Pay Checks At Drill TonigKt Quarterly pay checks for Company E, 186th Infantry arrived during the last week and will be given to the men fololwing the regular drill to night at the armory, It was an nounced today by Capt. Walter A. Bean. The checks represent payment for armory drill during April, May and June. Twenty 'guardsmen. In spite of the heat, were on the range near Ladd canyon yesterdlay for range firing and about 'half a dozen- qualified. The next shoot probably will be held early in August. Three vacancies exist In the com pany at present and that many re cruits will be taken In tonight. Any one Interested may see Capt. Bean djurlng ,the drlllj period tonight, which begins at 7:30 o'clock. TIIHKFJ MAURI AGE LICENSES Three marriage licenses were is sued oh Saturday by C. K. McCor- mtck, county clerk. Those receiving licenses were Alfred Hogg and Elsie Kennedy, both of Union, Charles E. Wilson and Edith Edna Ulery, both and La Grande, and Horace W. Llt tlefield, of Minom, and Ruby Young, of Wallowa. f : i Plan Greatest Adv. Campaign In Newspapers NEW YORK, July 24 A 30 per cent Increase In its advertising ap propriation to be used In part im mediately for a half million agate ilne campaign in newspapers throughout the country was an nounced today by Kraft Phoenix corporation of Chicago. The increase, which will be add ed to an advertising budget al ready the largest in the company's history, was prompted by general business conditions, company of ficials said. VOTING ON REPEAL MEASURES Now that the election is all over. I the votes counted, and everyone sure I of the results, it Is Interesting to I note some of the peculiar things I about the election In Union county. For example: In Elgin precinct No. 3 federal repeal was opposed 42 to 33. state repeal was opposed 40 to 34, and yet Bull, wet, and McLaughlin. wet. were given 32 and 36 votes, re spectively, compared with 29 and 27 for Baxter and Godwin, dry delegates ! to the state convention! Up at Hllgard federal repeal won eight to seven, yet the beat state re peal could do was an even break. , seven to seven. Imbter voted for state repeal 60 to 158, and against federal repeal, 69 to 631 And Imbler voted for Bull and Submit Beaver Creek Project To Uncle Sam r& ROGERS ., TRUCKEE, Cal., July 93 Well, last night at midnight -we met all the governors at the line. Fired a 19 -gun salute (governor's salute used to be 17, but Mr. Roosevelt on account of being a governor himself raised 'em 2 guns). Took quite a while 'because we only had one cannon. We were able to wakO everybody up- but Governor Porks of Missouri, Today they all planted a., tree at Lake Tahoe, so' we at least got 'em working for the first time since they have been In office. It's the first re forestation camp for governors. It will Just about be the Democrats' luck to plant trees all over the coun try, and about the time tliey are big enough to harvest the Republicans will be back in, or is that too early Yours, 1 . ' MtPJ.- Kerf SAFEWAY STORE EMPLOVESPICNIC AT COVE SUNDAY One hundred and twenty-five Safeway employes gathered yesterday at Cove for a picnic held under the auspices of 'the Safeway Employes as sociation, an organiatlon formed for social and insurance . purposes for members of the Safeway staffs Em ployes -attended fromLhrantie," ill gln, Wallowa, Enterprise, Joseph, Union and Baker, accompanied by their families. ' After a picnic lunch was enjoyed, a mock trial was conducted and among the wrong-doers who were tried and found guilty were Odus T. Bales, Fred B. Read and A. W. Geddes of La Grande. ' . A baseball game was held between the La Grande employes and the out-of-town visitors, the former going down to defeat. Members of the lo cal team were C. J. Hortlng. A. R. Luster, James Moore, E. L. Edwards, Wallace Muzzy, Adrien See,' Robert Foray the, , Stanwood Begley, H. Z. f (Continued on Page Six) , I LEAGUERS HOME FROM INSTITUTE Two hundred and twenty-six mem bers of the Epworth Leagues or the Methodist churches In the Western district of the Idaho conference of the Methodist church spent the past two weeks at the annual institute at Wallowa lake. There were 203 camped on the grounds although only 226 took classes. Rev. W. H. Hertzog, pastor of the local church and dean of the insti tute, remained there during the weekend and expects to return to La Grande tomorrow after completing the activities of the two-week ses sion. The institute was larger this year than It has been for several years past and was also one of the most successful, according to the members of the faculty. - - BABY DAUGHTER IS BORN TODAY Rev. and Mrs. Paul De F. Morti more are the parents of a baby daughter born this morning at the Grande Ronde hospital. The girl, who weighs seven and three-quarter pounds, has been named Gloria Ruth. PECULIAR McLaughlin, wet candidates to the federal repeal convention 1 In La Grande No. 6, the count was 77 to 76 against federal repeal, yet state repeal was favored 80 to 72! Why the differences! In one or two Instances one might think that the peculiar vote was because of misun derstanding the federal repeal meas ure; yet other Instances Indicated that such was not the cae. And lots of people voted dry and voted; for wet delegates, and viee 'versa ! Union No. 4 precinct was the only really consistent one In the entire county. The vote was exactly the same on both state and federal re peal, 62 to 25 for wpcal. And Union No. 4 also elected the wet delegAtes. HEAT GRIPS EAST OREGON; 100 SUNDAY Maximum Equals Hottest Day of Summer in the .Grande Ronde Valley HEAT RIPENING . FRUIT RAPIDLY Late Cherries and Early Apricots .Affected Towns Residents Turn to Irrigation. .. A fclzzllng day, with the sun warm ing up La Grande to 100 above for tliu econd time this summer, sent hundreds of people scurrying to swimming pools, fishing streams, mo toring trips any place where the weather appeared a little cooler. Shortly after the middle of June the mercury climbed to 100 above (Continued on Pairs Four) Plan Picnic At Riverside Park 'For, Rep. Pierce & 'Bep,. .Walter ,M. .PJerce corressman wno recently returned irom wasn lngton, D. C, will be the principal speaker next Sunday at 11 o'clock at Riverside park when a group' of his friends gather for- an all day picnic. The public is Invited to the event which is being arranged! by a group of local Democratic loaders. The first meeting of the committee In charge was held yesterday at B. P. Owsley's office and arrangements were made for the picnic. ; Everyone is asked to bring his own lunch and lemonade will be furnished by the committee.' MRS. RUSSELL SINGS AT SHOW Mrs. Myrtle Russell, one of La Grande's most popular vocal artists, was presented at the Liberty theatre twice last night, featuring the cur rently popular waltz, "In the Valley of the Moon,"' accompanied on the pipe organ by D. W. Hall. She also sang "Love Songs of the Nile." The Terrible 1' l 6T TO YOU CArvJ cut vour OWN SALARIES,' Free Wheeling That's Unhealthy Swqti Ilk; QHy 1 When the right front wheel of a racing car partB company with the chassis, things happen. When a wheel ot the car Henry Banks was driving in' a race at the Veterans ot Foreign Warn speedway at Detroit went "on the loose," an alert cameraman caught the action. . Banks was un injured. , BEGIN OFFICIAL COUNT OF VOTES IN UNION COUNTY Official canvass of the Union coun ty vote cast In Friday's special elec tion started at the court houso here at 1 o'clock this afternoon, and was expected to be finished late today or tomorrow. Union county's unofficial vote fol lows: Federal repeal: Yes 1039, no 1301. Bonus: Yes 1836, no 1172. Grand Jury change: Yes 1103, no 1440. Power fund bonds: Yes 1130, no 1619. - (Continued on Page Five! HUNGERFORDS CALLED HERE Mr. and Mrs. Hallle Hungerford and son, Jimmie, left lost night for their home in Bend. They wcro in La Grande to attend the funeral ser vices for the former's f ather, O. W. Hungerford, and they also visited her parents, Mr., and Mrs. Godwin. Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Hungerford and daughter,- Miss Verne, left for Port land this morning alter attending the last rites for the former's father. They were accompanied by his moth er, Mrs. O. W. Hungerford, and h'ls sister, Miss Ruby, who expect to re turn to La Grande at the end of the week. Plight of The Railroad How Do You Spend Hot Days? Some Rest; Some Don't i - tWhat do some La Grande peo ple do to keep cool . when the mercury hits the . 100 maifc on Sunday? A lot of them, smarter than! tho rest, seek the shade of their own lawn, a fan, and soma cwollng drink. Others, also smart, drive to some cool swimming pool and take It easy for hours. Still others find respite from the heat in cool, shady nooks hither and yon. 'And still others drive a score ofmiles or so over sagebrush and dirt Toads to some far away com munity, with the sun well above the 100 mark; or pick that day to climb some high mountain; or go on one of those fishing trips that means a lob of hard work and plenty of perspiration. 'Sfunny what some people do on a hot day, isn't it? P. S. Tho writer was one of those who picked tho hottest trip imaginable! STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER SPEAKS W. C. Williams, state highway en gineer, spoke on the allocation of six millions of dollars of federal aid money promjsed to Oregon for high way purposes, at tho Lions luncheon Continued on Papo Two) Executives (jEMTLEMEAl TO A. CEFfTAIM EXTENT I ACRE6 WITH WOO "sr- WILEY POST SETS WORLD FLIGHT MARK American Flier Takes 7 Days, 18 Hours and 49 Minutes to Girdle Globe . wavy York, M July. 24,- p ,-, Wiley Post hna no illusions about the long evity of thut record of 7 days, 18 fcours and 49 minutes he set in his dash around the globe. He thinks some one will break it In the not too distant future. Sitting in comfort in an easy chair for the first time in more than i week, Post told of his advontureu fighting 'the winds and fog of man lands. Asked what tho fastest pos sible time around the world would be, he chuckled and said: "Oh, about 30 seconds, I guess. No one really knows, but they're going w go taster and raster." I.Ikes Itoliot Pilot Tho robot pilot that' helped him around the globo made a big hit with Post, ho disclosed, despite somo mechanical difficulty. He said he'd rather havo It than a human co-pllot occnuso u ib more accurato. "Being a lossy man," he sold, "I let the robot do the work as much as possible. I trusted tho ship to the robot from Edmonton till I was over Newark airport. It flow It every step from tho first takeoff, too, until 30 minutes before I landed In Germany." . Post is sure he could have made tho trip In five days If he hod "the breaks" In weather. Post, who ended his record shatter ing flight ot 7:69 Pacific Standard tlmo, Saturday night, had timo Sun day only to havo a few of the more obvious wrinkles pressed from his gray suit beforo a busy day began. (Continued on Page Five) DR. BRANNER TO VACATION Dr. C. K. Brnmicr plans to leave this evening for a tlireo weeks' vaca tion trip to Alaska RETURN WITH MESS OF FISH Harry McKlnlay, manager of Falks, and Earl Hooker spent the weekend fishing at Vincent on the Wallowa river. They returned last night to La Qrande with a good catch, . Wheat Today CHICAGO, July 24 m Suspen sion of a big speculator, whoso deal ings aggregated millions of bushels, divided Interest today with reopen ing of grain business and temporary sharp advances In prices. Despite active commission house purchasing which at times hoisted values 3 cents a bushel, the wheat market reacted late and closed at the lowest quotations allowed und emorgency rules. Provisions reflected the weakness of hog values and of corn. In muoh of the day'n business, the climbs In tlio provision markets amounted to 76 cents compared with Thursday's close. Wheat closed steady at the average of the closing prices of Thursday, with corn unchanged to lc up, onts unchanged to lc higher, rye un changed to c advance, and pro visions 60 to 76a off. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME MOV1K UOKKKKH TO STU1KE KAKItt ACT HEAH IHSII,KASED FKENCII ltOOST TAKIFT . IIAND1T SU8PKCTS TAKEN HOLLYWOOD, Cal., July 24 VP) RVnry union luliorer employed In the motion picture studios of Hollywood wiut order to wulk out on strike nt midnight tonight. ; WASHINGTON, July 34 WV-Ooorge N. Peek, chief administrator of the farm act, told representatives of the grain Industry today to "put your own house in order" or "the govern ment will act." . The farm administration Is "great ly displeased" with the recent sharp fluctuations in the prices of wheat and othor grains, he said, and is de termined that a program of reform for the methods of marketing pro ducts is necessary. PAUIS, July 24 m A four-fold Increase In turlfr on many American products was applied tuduy, presum ably to compensate for the full In the dullur. - Uy published order the government substituted the general for the minimum tariff in 04 cate gories. Although the. order uffects only u small portion of American ex ports to France the Increases ure in some Instances prohibitive. ; i ; , DEXTER, Iowa, July 24 (ff) Mar vin Barrow and htB wife, bandit sus pects, were captured here today in a battle with state and county, officers. Barrow was critically wounded. ' Two men and a swomafn, believed to be Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Barrow, and Jack Sherman, escaped in a stolen car. MILWAUKEE, July 84 (fll ltoger Touhy'UWl three mumbex-M of Hts Cblcjigo gang were charged In fed eral warrants (ml ay with the 9100,000 kidnaping of William Hamm Jr.. mil lionaire St. Vaul, Minn., brewer. F.R. WILL SPEAK TONIGHT; LUMBER REQUEST DENIED W WASHINGTON, July ' 24 P) President Roosevelt made ready today for the supreme endeavor on behalf of his recovery program scheduled In the, address to the nation this eve ning. , . Those In touch with him were Im pressed by the Importance he at toohed to the occasion, coming as It does upon the inauguration of the intense national campaign to put more money into pockets of the needy so they can buy. ' i Administrator Johnson rejected tho lumber Industry's request for Imme diate, imposition of Its code as pre sented, withholding reasons. He op poses some provisions of the code. As has been the case In every hear ing to date, tho Initial session of tho wool code reveoled ' labor and manufacturers differing sharply on minimum wages and working hours. A formal and ceremonious approval was given by organized labor to the blanket wage and hour code issued by President Roosevelt, however, . President William Oroon, of tho American Federation of Labor, car ried to Administrator Johnson an ogrcomont signed by him bringing (Continued on Page Six) ONE BUILDING PERMIT IN WEEK One building permit wos issued during tho last week by the city to K. R, Ringo to alter and repair n homo on Third street between Jof forson and Grandy, work to cost 160. This brought the total for tho yoar to 36,273. The total for tho first six months was $34,058, and since then four permits calling for 31S worth of new construction have been lSBUCd. j INQUIRING Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some (Hip.it Ion of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed wilt be granted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is Matirlco Chevalier hi "A HedUme Slory." Do wives enjoy playing bridge with their husbands? Women are much kinder about their husbands' bridge playing than were the husbands in tho Inquiring reporter last week. Mrs. Mark Jenkins, 902 O avenue, says, "Husbands and wives can never agreo on their brtdgo playing, How ever, I don't like to play against my husband at the bridge tablo bocauso C. F. URSCHEL ; IS ABDUCTED IN OKLAHOMA Taken From Bridge Game i at His Home ; No Trace of Him Found Today 1 KIDNAPER'S GUN CAUSE OF DEATH Frank A. McClatchy, 56, . . Real Estate Man, . Dies in Philadelphia Fronn Wound of Wednesday., By the Associated Press Kidnapers had struck ORaln today with one new captive added to the growing list, and a death to mark the trail of terrorism. ' i . -'. Charles P. Urschel, wealthy oil operator, was abducted from fl;brldge game at his Oklahoma Oity home last night by gunmen, No trace had been found of him today, and his family awaited word from the abduc tors, ready to talk ransom. At Philadelphia a kidnaper's bul let c.-nt the life of Frank A. Mc Clatchy, 56-year-old real estate man. McClatchy was kidnaped Wednesday and was shot when he offered resist ance. His abductors then fled. ' The family of John J. O'Connell, ' of Albany, continued- Its vigil today with little -to indicate' when a de velopment might be. looked) for. O'Connell, a , lieutenant In the na tional guard, was kidnaped 18 days ago. Negotiations have been openett wlthr the kidnapers, but there hava (Continued bn Paffe Slx r - Bowles, Barrier Will Spend Rest Of Life In Pen GRANTS PASS, Ore., July 24 Swift, Oregon Justice ended the short crime career of two California youths here Sunday, and today the trial they chose was expected to end with in, the high walls of Oregon's penl tentlary. . -' A circuit court Jury, after dellber- . atlng 12 hours, returned to the court- . room here Sunday1 ar)!l convicted Harry Adolph Bowles, 31, of Los Angeles, of second degree, murder in connection with the slaying of Mllo Baucom, Oregon, state policeman,, on the highway, north of here, July 1. John Alvln Barrier, 17, also of Cos Angeles and companion of Bowles, haa been convicted of murder In the first degree six days earlier, after state policemen had testified that Barrier admitted firing the 'shots that ended Baucoml's life. The Jury rec ommended1 life (lniprlflonmcnt. Circuit Judge H. O. Norton was ex pected to pronounce sentence on the youths today and they were to be immediately transported to the peni tentiary. Life imprisonment for both Is mandatory. i 16 Super Values Are Offered For Economy Tuesday Tomorrow inaugurates In lift, Grande what will be known as "Economy Tuesday," a day of ex ceptional bargain values In timely merchandise presented by a group of local business houses, "Economy Tuesday" will be presented each week with tho advertisements of fering these savings appearing In the Monday Evening Observer. The thrifty housewives of the city will do well and save much to scrutin Izo these offerings carefully and shop with considerable savings at the b to res participating , In this day. Turn to pago 3 of today's Observer for tomorrow's one-day super values. REPORTER I can understand his bidding and overlook it when ho is my partner but It makes mo angry when he la my opponent.1 , Mrs. James Oneal, 1910 Second street, says, "I like to play bridge with my husband because he never bids unless ho has something to bid on. I don't think that bridge leads to divorces; It la only an excuse for unharmony in the home." ' ;