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First Combining Of Wheat Reported On Ruckman Farm I . WKA'i IIKK KOKKI AST I Oregon: ? I'og on count, otherwise i I fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly I cooler III east portion Wednesday. I Looul weather Monday: max 100, mln i I Oil, clear. Weather today: mln , 7 J ! a. m. 79. Clear. Mercury WITHIN ONE DEGREE OF HEAT RECORD Sizzling Day Follows Warm Sunday With Mer cury Reaching 100 Above SLIGHTLY: COOLER WEATHER FORECAST .Some Relief Due Wednes day. According to Pre- f; .diction; Other North west Cities Are Hot. ; ' Tliii mArriirv Minrpri til 10(1 In La ' VOLUME 31 EASTERN. OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER Fo Mo (GALL Vl . . v Grande yesterday, wltllln one ileRree 'y of lie all-time Heat record for tills V city, first set In 1928 when the ther 1 mometer registered 107. And another 'storcher was bolnff experienced toiluy, although the weather man predicted: 8Hghtly cooler In the east portion Wednesday."' ' .Thn inA.nhnvn weather Monday fol lowed a warm Sunday with the tem perature at 100, although It dropped to 69 above Sunday night. Lost night, however, the minimum was 69 above, ,ten degrees warmer, and at 7 o'clock this morning the mercury stood, at '79 above. . i La Grande and Union county were i not the only ones complaining of the ' heat. At Baker, the maximum was jh02, Pendleton had 107 Sunday and was much warmer yesterday, Boise ro w '! ported 108, Spokane 100,' Walla Walla i 102,-Yakima 102 and Salt Lake City : loo. i - t - In contrast, Los Angeles reported (Continued on Page Two) Two Young Men Will Enlist In Coast Artillery Two more- La Grande young men left today for Port Stevens, near As toria, to enlist in the coast artillery for throe-year periods. They were Al fred B. Collp and Dallas Bennett, both members of Company B. 186th Infan try, and the last of four guardsmen all six feet In height who made arrangements for entering the artil lery while attending Camp Clatsop , last month. Previously George A. Courtney and ; Leslie B. Shirley were taken Into the ; coast artillery. The commanding oincer as IStevons, because of the physical ap 'pearance of the quartet from La Grande, and their previous military experience, expressed nimseii vo iocai officers as delighted at the prospects ahead for the four. PETERSONS IN . VISIT SUNDAY Miss Jennie Peterson, director of music at the Eastern Oregon Normal school, had as her guests during the weekend her sisters. Misses Ellen and Alice Peterson, and her brother, Robert Peterson, all of whom arc spending the Bummer with their par ents In Moscow. Idnho. They left Monday for Portland and the coast where they will spend! a few days before returning to their home. Miss Alice Peterson has visited several times in La Grande and has appeared In piano recitals here. She is a member of the faculty In the piano department at the Whitman conserv atory of music, In Walla Walla. COUNTY RECORD ON committments' GOOD Committments to five state Insti tutions In Oregon during the past 10 years have decreased from 10 per 1000 population to 18.5 per 1000 population from Union county, ac cording to a survey Just prepared by state officials. The five Institutions are the state hospital for the Insane, feeble minded. Institution, state penitentiary, Indus, trial school for girls and the boys training school. Over the states as a whole com mittments have Increased from 17.69 tner 1000 population to 19.77, which puts Union county's record In a very good light. Ten years 9&0 the 19 here was above the state average by 131 persons. Today the 18.5 Is below Climbs To WILL ROGERS rSjys: OAKLAND, Cel., July 24 Well, I am still herding governors. Got to go by air to keep up with some of 'em. In Roscoe Turner's Lockhead, headed for Frisco, where I will file this. ' ' . With Roscoe Is Fred Batear, the fly. liigi governor of Nevada and Governor Green of Rhode Island, who .has just flown all around Central' America. Governor White of Ohio and family flew from Columbus yesterday. Gov ernor Miller of Wyoming flew from Cheyenne. ' - This herding governors1' a'int near as bad as I thought It would be. Just give 'em plenty to eat and let 'em speak and they don't give you any bother. . ' 1 - Green of Rhode Island and Gover nor Cross of Connecticut are awful highly educated and speak different from .these . western and southern governors. So my Job Is really an In terpreter for Green and Cross. I am carrying a proxy from Bill Murray and Ma Ferguson both, so 1 got a lot of voting strength in tne convention. Yours, IW. M.Hl Si-li h NORMAL SCHOOL STUDENT INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT Charles McLln, who has tepi -ate tending the Eastern Oregon Normal school, suffered a broken leg and se vere bruises on) his left lup, and Dole Rhine and Henrietta and Elizabeth Ashbaugh received minor bruises last night when their car ran off the highway above the old Perry dam and plunged Into the Grande Ronde river (Continued on Poire Two- TWO-THIRDS ARE WITHOUT LICENSES Unless early action is taken, fully two-thirds of the automobile drivers In this vicinity will be subject to arrest on the morning of September 1 for failure to obtain their new drivers licenses, according to infor mation Just received by this news- papcr-from Hal E. Hoss,' secretary of state. An official estimate discloses that barely one-third of the drivers In this section ore equipped with proper drivers' licenses. . Police officials state that no mora. torlums will be granted and a trlct enforcement of the law will be ob. served In their check on all operators. With the "deadline" barely four weeks away, all persons still carrying cards issued before July 1, 1931, should ob. tain new cards at the first opportun ity. Secretary Hoss warned. . Renewal permits are being granted without examination to all operators previously licensed In Oregon who are now under the ago of 70, those with clean accident records and those without physical defects. All appli cations must be made en regular forms supplied by the secretary of state and must be signed In the presence of a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths. Examiners will perform no tarial duties for all applicants with out charge. It was pointed outi C. M. Bentley, examiner of oper ators and chauffeurs, will be In La Grande Friday and Saturday of -this week at the city hall from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., according to word from Mr. Hoss. the state average by 1.27 persons. A splendid right-about-face for Un ion county, and in the right dlrec tlons, the records Indicate. Counties In the state showing a decrease besides Union county In cluded Marlon. Baker (from 21 to 19), Ollllam. Harney. Malheur. Sherman, and Wasco, and Wheeler remained the same. Of the counties showing a decrease, all but one are In Eastern Oregon. Umatilla sent the most during the last 10 years, averaging 28 out of every 1000 population, an Increase during the period of four persons. Wallowa county sent an average of nine per 1000 population ten years ago but this percentage has Increased to 13 at present. (IrattSI MOTMEE 106 Above In La Grande On ELLIOTT'S NEW WIFE Although she and Elliott Roose velt professed to be "Just friends" for a long time. Miss Kuth Goo gins, above, of Fort Worth, Tex., married young Roosevelt last Sat urday. He was divorced a short time ago from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt in Nevada. - OFFICIAL COUNT OF FRIDAY FINISHED TODAY Union county's vote in the special election last FrldaV has been officially counted, and according to announce ment of the final figures today, the Observer's unofficial count was fair ly accurate. Only In one or two in stances did the vote vary more than a few ballots, and in no case d(d the change affect any outcome. Several totals were unchanged in the final count. In the sales tax, the unofficial vote counted by the Observer was yes 653 and no 2779. The official vote was yes 653, no 2780. The official count of the Beaver Creek pipeline bond Issue of $257,000 was yes .1002, no 477. The results of other measures fol low: i i Federal repeal yes 1039, no 1294. (Continued on Page Two) THE REAL r REMEMBER THE ' GOVERNlMENT . REGULATIONS,' WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE Itwttttttl LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1933 FIRST WHEAT YIELD RUNS 45 BUSHELS Variety of Crop Harvested is Cross Between Forty- Fold and No. 128. QUALITY IS ALSO HELD VERY GOOD Morris Brothers Combine Used in Harvesting: First Wheat Reported Ripe in This Valley. . The first combining of 1033 wheat reported In the unintle Rondo valley took place on the 1. B. Itucknuui place west of Alice! on Monday. c .The variety of wheat, a cross bc- tween Forty-Fold and No. 128, was. planted last fall, and. resulted In. a good yield. It ran from 40 to 46' bushels. to the aero..: .... . The Observer waa not Informed as - (Continued oa Page Six) . Play Presented At East Normal During Morning I --' -ir?t --..;.A-f - i - "Ttw. Wonder ,Bat:v.by. . Bori Heclit. and Kenneth. Sawyer, Goodman, was presented at the Normal school this (Continued on Page Six) Oregon Lettuce To Bring 50 Cents A Head in China PORTLAND, July 25 (P) Ore gon lettuce will 'be selling for 35 to 60 cents a head one of these days In Hongkong. A fruit and vegetable distribut ing company here was today load ing 15 crates of Troutdale lettuce for shipment on the General. Sher man tomorrow to Hongkong. The cost of transportation is at least 35 cents. Each head is individually packed in celophdno and! each layer is boarded so the stock will not move in transit. STRUGGLE IS JUST SENTENCED R ' " XiT-2T , I Jar I i Mlll.M W II" I II Ill ' 1 .lolin A. lbirrler, 17 (lert) and Harry Bowlm, 21, of Ih Augclos. s- ulityera of It. M. Itaueom, Oregon state iiollceinnn at ClmnU I'an.s, i Ore, vewterday afternoon were sentenced to life Imprisonment la the Oregon penitentiary by Judge Hurry . Norton. Asked If lie ' knew of any reason why sentence should nut be pronounced, . f . Barrier said: "Not I do not." , GOODWILL TRIP ; , TO FROG HEAVEN CAMP ON FRIDAY The . chamber of commerce today announced plans for a goodwill trip to the Frog Heaven camp of the citizens conservation corps located in the mountains about 40 miles west of Uere. Much of the purchase of sup- (Contlnued on Page Six) MILTON PEOPLE . VISIT PIERCE Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Chostaln and nephew. Wayne J. Cliastaln, of Mllton-Preewater, were callers at the office of Rep. Walter M. Pierce today. Mrs. Chastln was formerly a student of the Oregon representative when iio taught school at Milton. BEGINNING L.ISTEM A SMART GUY LIKE YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUMP THAT" INPUSTRIAL COPE AMP MAKE A LITTLE " EXTRA PROFIT MEMBER ASSOCIATED. PRESS II Monday TO PRISON GRAIN MARTS LIMIT TRADE BYAGREEMENT Fluctuations in Prices of Wheat 5 Cents a Bushel Permanent Policy WASHINGTON, July 25 P Farm administrators and representatives of grain exchanges today agreed tenta tively to limit dally fluctuations in prices on wheat and other grains to 6 cents a bushel as a permanent policy. ' The five cent, per bushels fluctua tion -will apply to wheat, rye and barley, with four cents on corn and three cents on oats. The agreement was reached before the close of a two-day conference at which four prlncpal changes In grain marketing practices were approved. The second provision will be the (Continued on Page Three) KLAMATH STRIKE SPREADING TODAY KLAMATH PALLS, Ore., July 25 (P) Uneasiness spread over the lumber Industry of Klamath county today as lumbermen saw three- more mills join tho Weycrheauser Timber company employes In a strlko for higher wages, It was expected more of tho 14 mills In this region would bo forced to shut down lator today. La to this morning moro than 700 men wero Idle through walkouts. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 25 (IP) With 40 state patrolmen hero at the (Continued on I'uko Three) Wheat Today J CKLCACIO, July 26 MO Wheat re covered today to almoat 10 cents a bushel about the extreme low price of 90 contfi registered during recent pan icky liquidation mI-pa for speculators. All grain? bounded upward after evidence that liquidation was virtual ly ended. liefljvrurlng statemente from trade leaders led to more cheerful Tooling, and the market showed quick responsiveness to pessimistic crop ad vices from Canada accompanied by forecasts of unwelcome higher tem peratures throughout spring wheat torrltory both sides of tho Canadian border. Top prices were not fully maintain ed, selling to realize profits causing reactions of about 2 'ti cent from the aped. Wheat closed unsettled, lf7-c above yesterday's finish, corn (if U'.c, oa is ll4 up and provis ions 6c to 75o advance. . r AND A. li. C. PI JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME '. AHMY PLANE IN FATAL DIVE . V :"' " ALEXANDER TO 11E JUDGE , , PREVENTS MANUFACTURE 8TEIWER COMING HOME OCEANHIDE, Oil., July 25 P) A two motored urmy amphibian plane, believed to be plane number 7 of Rockwell field Hun Diego, crashed here ut noon killing at leant five men and possibly seven. ' WASHINGTON, July 26 (ff)-r Presi dent Roosevelt today appointed George P. Alexander, of Oregon, to be judge of division one, federal district court., in Alaska. SALEM, July 25 W) Manufacture or Intoxicating liquor will be pro hibited In Oregon even' though- the prohibition amendments to the stitte. constitution and the enabling act for those amendments have been repeal ed, state police and legal authorities (Iculuml here today. This will also be, true In the event the 18th ameud lncnt to the federal constitution Is repealed. ' PORTLAND, July 35 WO Word was received here today by his friends that Senator Frederick Stelwer will reach. Portland, by plane Saturday evening. He will remain In Oregon for the summer and, fall, returning to Washington a short time before con gress, convenes In January, WASHINGTON, July 25 W Pub lic hearings on a code of fair com petition for the woolen textile Indus try closed today with a promise by Deputy Administrator A. D. Whiteside of the national recovery administra tion that every effort: would be made to obtain speedy action. - ; n yt rVWASIIINaTON, July 25 W) Presl dent Roosevelt today: appointed ten regional advisors to the nubile works administration, Marshall lhina, of Portland, wuh named for Oregon, Washington, Malta and Montana. Regional headquarters will be at Port land. r REPEAL CAUCUS TO BE AUGUST 7 SALEM. July 25 m Date for the state cy.i8tltuUonil coruvontlon to vote on repeal of the 18tlv amend ment will bo August 7, Governor Julius L. Meier announced) late yes terday. v The 116 delegates are called to meet in tho hall of representatives In the statehouso here. Ftfty-one per cent of those attending and voting will constitute a quorum, ; Alt delegates to the convention are under pledge to vote according to the mandate of their electorate. In 34 out of 30 counties In the state dcle- latcs pledged to repeal the 18th amendment wero elected. . BALBO AND MEN SAFE AT SHEDIAC 8HEDIAC, July 26 VP) Oeneral Italo Balbo, leading his air armada on tho return trip from Now York, landed hero at 2:66 p. m., E. S. T today. Two of the 24 planes were missing as tho fleot arrived at Shcdlac. its first halting placo cast of New York, one of them having oome down at Rockport. Mo., with a broken oil lino and the other at Mllledgevllle, N. B., short of fuel. RETURN FROM WORLD'S FAIR MisHes Ruth Onrrlck. Norma Maygcr and Margaret Milne returned yester day from a visit In the middle west during which they attcni'ed the world's fair. They are all teachers, tho former in La Omiide, j INQUIRING Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two . person will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked Mm question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C, M. Wight each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Thmtre. The current attraction Is Robert .Montgomery In "Hell IU'low." Speaking of weather, the question asked todny was ::"Would you rather havo the mercury at 10U like yester day, or 10 degrees below Uko last winter?" Mrs. Maude Fines of 1208 M ave nue soys, "You can keep warm at 10 below but It is rather hard to keep cool at 108 oboVo. Wo spent lout Sunday at Wallowa Lako but It was hot there, too. The. kiddles are ............ Only Newspaper , , Printed In La Grande , ! Covering Union and i j Wallowa Counties . 1 ' NUMBER 275 EMPLOYERSOF NATION WILL AID RECOVERY President's Speech to Na tion Last Night Fol lowed by Prompt Action : ,. . . ... .; f 300 PROMISES ARE - RECEIVED IN HOUR Roosevelt Asks Accept ance of Plan to Raise Pay and Shorten Hours of American Workers,. By James Cape (Associated Press Staff Writer) irj 1 . WASHINGTON. July 23 W) .A. flood of telegraphed pledges, hun dreds upon hundreds of them. ani wered today President Roosevelt1 appeul to the nation for ImiuedUt . enrollment of all ' employers under the blanket agreement to raise Huge and create new Jobs, v Hardly had he finished last night the plain-worded, direct call for pat riots and unquestioning acceptance of tho voluntary and Individual employer-pledges to raise pay ' and Bhorten hours before the answers be gan to come in. Within an hour 300 promises had come, a few more IIUCIIN DELIVERIES THURSDAY ; WASmNCKTON,. July 25 . Starting Thursday, letter carrier will begin delivering to 5,000,000 employers the proposed agreement between ; them and President Hooeevolt . voliirrtorrty to raise wages and limit hours at work, "i' Immediately upon receipt, the employers have been asked to sign them and return them', to ' the president. , . They become effective August 1 or any time after they are signed. minutes and the number doubled and still there appeared no end to , the flow. Before mldt-morning today ' 3000 pledges had been received, r. The president and Hugh S. John son, the . man who Is . running the (Continued on Page Throe) Aimee Still In Love; Amazed At Divorce Action Ily Miles II. Wolff (Associated Press Staff Writer) ABOARD THE UNEB CITY OP HAVRE, OFF NORFOLK, Va July 25 UP) Almce Semplo McPherson Hut ton, the Los Angelos evangelist, re turned to America today; protesting she still loved her husband, David Hutton, "moro than anything In the world." : ' '. . Asked about his rocont action In stituting divorce proceedings, she said: "Oh, I can't believe It. Of course I still am In lovo with lum." Attended by a nurse, she lay on a bunk In tho captain's quartern to receive- newspapermen as the City of Havro pulled Into port. "It Is all so hasty that I don't know what to say," she commented. "His last word was that he "woe counting the hours until I returned. It lias been a tremendous shock." ' Mrs. Hutton declined to say what course she would take. "I feel," she said, "that I am Incompetent to make a statement. It is like a, bolt out of tho blue." The evangelist has been abroad since January and recently underwent an operation In Paris. It woe while sho was on board the City of Havre that she was informed about her hue band's divorce action. , Tho interview was terminated be fore she could bo questioned about tho telegram to Hutton from Pari Informing him sho had a baby, which (Continued on Page Six) REPORTER j li I I lucky that they can go swimming so easily In this hot weather, t be 11 vo I prefer the 106 above though." Elmo ciegg, of 2010 Cove avenue, says, "Considering both sides It la hard to say. Mountain streams and the swimming pools are calling, and personally I would rather go swlm mlng than be clearing the sidewalks; of snow and Ice." 1
