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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
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VOLUME 31
EASTEHN OKEUOVS LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1933
MEMIIEIt ASSOCIATE!) PUEN8 AND A. II. C.
NUMBER 274
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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." ' ;