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VOLUME 31
EAHTKKN OKE(ION"8 LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON; FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1933
ID) AM GETS AFFff
MBMI1BB AHSOCIATBD PHESg AND A. B. C. " NUMBER 278
GM AND COULEE
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PRESIDENTS
AGREEMENTS
BEING SIGNED
A. Ritchie & Co. and Lee
Reynolds Among the
First to Adopt Plan
BADGES, STICKERS
DUE ABOUT AUG. 1
v
Honor Roll in Post Office
Probably Will Not Be
Posted Until Next Tues
day or Later.
La Grande yesterday mttl todaj was
roiitMilwllliir miirAflv tn Oi-Milflitnt
ovment aercemenis.
IV. ... . nnAllnir
yjJ nTijI ninnii nf nwnla urhi An.nlnv
for agreements so that they, too, could
sign and mall them to the depart
ment of commerce office In Portland.
. Plenty of agreements are available
at the post office for all employers
who did not receive one Thursday,
according to Postmaster Ralph Huron.
Get Insignia. Aug. 1
Agreement certificates of compll
ance are not to .be mailed, but are to
be delivered at the post office on or
after Aug. 1 when insignia, of mem
bership will be available. Postmaster
Huron pointed out that there Is no
need to present the certificates of
compliance until next Tuesday, be
cause the purpose of these certifi
cates Is to obtain the "Blue Eagle"
nltlon, and this cannot be done until
Aug. 1. The honor roll probably v111
be posted in the post office Aug. 1 or
the following cay.
The two first employers In this lo
cality to receive public recognition
for signing the agreement were A.
Ritchie, contractor now at work on
the La Grande High school recon
struction Job, and Lee Reynolds, pro
prietor of a store at Island City but
a resident of La Grande. Their names
were carried in the Oregonlan this
morning as being among the first 200
in the northwest to sign the agree
ments. Mr. Rltchse was listed as hav-
. (Continued on Page Five!
K-0-M Picnic To
Be August 6 In
Riverside Park
rormer residents of Kansas, Okla
homa and Missouri will hold their
annual picnic at Riverside park on
Sunday, Aug. 6. The public Is in
vited to the event and all are asked
to bring a basket dinner and their
own dishes.
The program will Include: An ad
dress of welcome by Rev. Paul Mortt-
more, J. B. Llndsey,, reading by Jen
nie Byer, Laura Davis, Teadlng by Mrs.
t. oa-ir. wAHtne bv Putnam Yeck,
reading by Al Warren, song by Betty
Chadwlck. song by Miss nine nuB.
reading by Mary Lou England, recita
tion by Barbara Roberts, reading by
Naomi Creasman, music by the Clark
twins of Alicel.
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD TOMORROW
The funeral of Clovls De Gagne.
who passed away Wednesday will be
held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock
at the Church of Our Lady of the
Valley with Rev. Father Nooy In
charge. The Rosary will be recited
Friday evening at 7:30 at the Chapel
Of Walkers Funeral Home. Burial
...It! I l UA fnMlIu Hint In fnthf
cemetery.
heat wave second
warmest'on 'record
The recent heat vve. which sent
the mercury to the 100 mark or high
er for four consecutive gays, recalls
the record-breaking heal wave that
hit this valley In July, 1628.
Tho hot spell this week, however,
ranks as second to the record-breaker
for duration, at least.
But to get) back to July. 1928. The
weather had been worm, normally
wartjL. with temperatures.! the upper
8CSnd in the 90s. when on July 23
the mercury soartd to 102. The next
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Oal., July 27
Well, the London conference closed
today. It Just disbanded today, but
It ended the day it started.
You will hear a lot of 'em say
that It didn't accomplish anything.
But it did. They stayed in session till
every nation got thoroughly disgust
ed with each other.
There is no better place In the
world to find out the shortcomings of
each other than a conference. No
every delegation goes home and tells
tales on the others. '
Of course, we leave as the principal
villain. We were supposed to bring
the pie that they were to cut. When
we didn't bring It, the banquet was
a total loss.
Where Is the next conference? We
Just love to confer. Yours,
TORRID WAVE
IS BROKEN IN
EAST OREGON
Mercury Goes No Higher
Than 90 in Ua uranae
Thursday Afternoon
Tltn limit wnvP Hint, lifts elldlircd ill
the (irumle Rondo valley most oi the
nnanl H-Mlf. ftlllmlMKl VSSterdSV Uf-
ternoon and the highest the mercury
could climb In La Grande was DO
above. This was in sharp contrast
...lt. Iha lll't nlinv'n. lV(llneMflllV nnil
the 10B above Monday, and appar
ently, indicated me rcmm w uuiiiwi
warmth.
,.Tho heat wave started last Sunday
with a high, of 100 end. foitxonpcu
n.. Bva raw thn. inn mark, reached
or bettered. The jnlnlmum last night
was od a Dove, i ueB
-the low marks of Wednesday and
Tuesday. .The sky remained clear.
(Continued on Page Seven)
PLANS GO AHEAD
FOR BIG PIERCE
PICNIC SUNDAY
Frlenrls of Renresentatlve Walter M
Pierce will gather at Riverside park
Sunday to honor tne congressman,
ufh will nresent an Informal address
on political subjects. Carl Donaugh,
state chairman of the Democratic
party, and Milton A. Miller, promin
ent Democratic leader, ootn oi jrori
land, are expected to be among the
visitors (although their attendance
Is not a certainty, B. F. Owsley,
chairman of the county committee,
announced today.
The picnic will open at 11 o'clock
for lunch with those attending fur
nishing their own baskets. Lemon
ade and coffee will be served by the
committee In charge. .
Mr. Pierce's address has not been
definitely scheduled but will be in
the form of an Informal talk follow
ing the lunch hour.
EXHIBIT CLOSES
SUMMER SESSION
Practically all of the pupils In the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades of
the J. H. Ackerman Training school
had some part In the Interesting pro
gram and exhibit which
was held
yesterday morning
at the Normal
school.
The first part of the program was
devoted to the explanation of collec
tions and exhibits by various mem
bers of the three grades. The enter-
(Contlnuod on Pago Two)
day hit 108, tying tho old all-time
record. That was somethlngl
But on the 26th, It outdid itself,
and the official maximum was duly
recorded as 107 above, a nt all-time
record! La Orande perrolred particu
larly after learning iW hot It really
P ThKti on the 28th. there was some
relief It was only 100 above. Hopes
were running high for cooler days.
(Continued on Page TniiS)
BOYS' CAMP
AUG.9T020;
STAFF N MED
All Youngsters Over 10
Years Eligible to At
tend Wallowa Camp
HARVEY CARTER
TO BE IN CHARGE
Busy Days Ahead For
Boys Who Participate
Small Fee to Take Care
of the Expenses.
All hoys over 10 years of age lire
eligible to uttend the annual Wallowa
Lake boy's camp that will he held at
the lake from Wednesday, Aug. 9, to
Hunday, Aug, 20, It was announced
today. The entire cost of the 11-day
omnp per pereon will be $7.50, $1
of which Is required as registration
fee, the- balance payable before leav
ing for camp to Frank Wyldc, 203
Depot street.
Transportation to and ' from the
camp will be arranged by the camp-
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SWIM WEEK Wilt
OPEN ON MONDAY
The third of a series of swim weeks
will open Monday at Crystal Plunge
and continue for eight days with In
struction In swimming and I'.lesavlng
conducted) by Ben Oesterllng and
Arthur Steffen. members of the Por
poise club. The swim weeks are a
part of the Red Cross program and
contribute materially ;tV safety aluce
instructibh"'fiT given "dot-' Orily-rTi
swimming but also In resuscitation.
Several deaths by drowning already
have been prevented through the
activities of swimmers who had
studied Red Cross lifesavlng.
Instruction in Junior and senior
lifesavlng will be held every day at
10 o'clock. At 2 o'clock In the after
noon beginning and elementary
swimming will be taught. Tests will
be given at the end of the eight days
In both swimming and lifesavlng and
appropriate Reel Cross awards will
be made.-
Edwin Klrby and Don Johnson,
who operate the pool for the Lions
club, wish to assure parents that the
water in the plunge Is clcari, since
(Continued on Pago Two)
EAGLES SEND
LOCAL TALENT
TO PORTLAND
The Blue Mountain Cowboys, Gene
Gnssett and Bud Shidelor, accom
panied by Brick Anderson and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Bremer left this
morning for Portland where the two
musical organizations, winners in the
recent Eagles broadcast contest here,
will broadcast over Portland stations
today and tomorrow.
The lodge met in regular session
last night at 7:30 o'clock and com
pleted plans for the picnic andi weincr
roast which will be held on the
Grande Ronde river Sunday evening.
Roger Touhy Kidnap Gang Captured in Wisconsin
Four members of the Touhy gang, said to control the northwestern part of Chicago and adjoining towns
were caught by Elkhorn, Wis., police and deputies. At left, police are shown holding Roger Touhy, gang
leader, so that the photographer could make his picture, the first ever mode by police or newspapers.
'Group Fhows, left to right, Willie Sharkey, Augur.t Schafcr, Eddie McFadden and Roger Touhy.
WHEAT CROP
ALLOTMENTS
MADE PUBLIC
Figure For Union County
is Set at 682,730 Bushels,
54 Pet. of Average.
FARMERS' BENEFITS
HELD AT $191,164.40
Twenty Cents a Bushel
Will Be Payable This
Fall and Eight Cents
More Next Spring.
Wheat production allotment for
Oregon miller the plan for control of
production sponsored by the national
agriculture net Is ll,4r0,G85 busluils,
being SI per cent of the average pro
duction for the fivo-yenr period, 1928
to 1032, which was 21,205,000 bushels,
It was announced late Thursday.
Union county's allotment was plac
ed at 682,730 bushels, alBo figured on
the 54 per cent plan, and since farm
ers benefits will amount to 28 cents
nor bushel 20 cents payable this fall
and the remaining eight cents next
soring it means a benefit to un
ion county of $191,164.40. Benefits
depend, of course, on farmers signing
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Dr. Oliver Riley, -Ex
- La Grander,
Dies In Den ver
Rev. Oliver Riley, former rector of
St. Peter's Episcopal church, , died
suddenly last night In Denver, Colo.,
whero it Is believed he was attending
a church meeting, according to Ji
jfelcgram received from Mrs. lley
(Vthls morning by Miss Pauline Loberlc.
Dr.. Riley left La Grande four years
ago last March and took over a pas
torate at Scotts Bluff, neo.'
Dctalls of the death have not boen
received here although Miss Lederle
was told that Mrs.. Riley plans to
leave Denver today to take the body
back to Scotts Bluff.
Dr. Riley had a host of friends In
La Grande, many of whom he saw
when he and Mrs. Riley were- tho
guests of Miss Lederle last summer
en route to the American Legion na
tional convention at Portland at
which he rcpre&entedi Scotts Bluff.
Woman Hurls Egg
At Dave Hutton
But He Dodges
HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. July 29 (rt1)
Dave Hutton's singing aot bo
camo a combination sleight-of-hand
and blackout performance
last night.
It was a case of now-you-see-hlm,
now-you-don't.
His reception, it seemed, as
choirmaster -become - torch singer
wasn't with tho unanimous adora
tion of his audience. Ono woman
spectator who didn't like htm
spoke her piece with eggs. The
ammunition failed to hit. The
target moved too fast, downstage
to the wings.
Film Romance
A niovlo romanco In which
Gcorgo O'Brlon, cowboy actor,
and Marguorlte Churchill,
scroen favorite, played the part
of lovors In a westorn drama
duvoloped Into a real romanco,
it was disclosed the other 'day
when they filed notice of Inten
tion to wed at Santa Banbara,
TRUCK DRIVER IS
ASSAULTED; FACE
CUT WITH KNIFE
- E. M. Pannon, truck driver for the
Collins Concrete Pipe company . of
Portland, was slashed across the up
per lip yesterday by an unknown as
sailant who wielded a knife. Fannen
was hauling, concrete from Lime to
John Day and stopped at' Baker for
something to eat when, he .believes,
his assailant hid under a vtarpaulin
on the rear of the truck. :-.vtt..-vV
At North Powder tho wlelder'of the
knife, believed to be a transient,
broke the back window in tho truck
cab with a rock and reaching
through, slashed Fannen with tho
(Continued on Page Two)
JAPAN FEARS U.S.
SEEKS FOOTHOLD
TOKYO, July 28 (P) Japanese
consuls In Foochow and other parts
of China Informed the foreign office
today of various rumors that Ameri
cans are seeking a foothold In Pu
klen, a maritime province In south
cast China proper.
A foreign office spokesman said
the consuls are Investigating the re
ports especially because "Japan la
very sensitive" regarding the possib
ility of foreign influence being estab
lished In Fukien, opposite Japan's
colony of Formosa, which might be
menaced thereby.
He adlded that his office placed
little credence in tho rumors and
until they aro confirmed no action
Is contemplated.
Vernacular newspapers! published
assertions iftiat The United States
navy made a deal to acquire a naval
base at Tungshan Island, and It was
rumored that American capitalists
are planning to Invest In Fukien
railways,
Calif. Hero are recent pictures 1 1 Tste6.?
5
Now a Real One
FEDERAL AID
FOR OREGON
IS APPROVED
Six Million Dollars to be
! Spent on Highways
, . in .2b (Jounties,.
PORTLAND. July 38 (!) ' The
expenditure of $6,000,000 or fedorai
money on highways In SB countlCB
of Oregon has been approved by the
board of public works in Washington,
D. C.
W. H. Lynch, district engineer of
the bureau of public roads,, an
nounced) he had received this Infor
mation from the national capltol,
and that tho message gave him au
thority to advertlso for bids on In
dividual projects which have unques
tioned priority.
About 40 projects, all fedorai high
way work on the Oregon highway
system outside municipalities, are In.
eluded In one $3,000,000 prog rum. An
other $3,000,000 will bo spent In
municipalities and on secondary
highways. This work will fill gaps
in the present system, or reconstruct
such sections as now present hazards
or are too costly to malntnln un
der current condition.
Lynch said his staff will soon pre
pare specifications for each piece of
work and will put this Information
(Continued On Page Four)
Saw "Turtle", But
Maybe It Was
Only His Foot!
TRENTON", Mo. W. J. Boyers,
wading In Medicine creek, whilo
fishing, thought ho flaw a turtlo
trying to grab hla loft foot. Boy
ers pluilged a pitchfork, hi wai
carrying into tho wator. Two of
tho prongs went through his foot.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, .Inly ?,H (At Minimum
prlwx on grain which have hccii In
effect horn thin wmk uvro iiIh1Ik1icI
today liy dim-torn of I ho hoard of
trade.
The illrwilor also adopted the pro
jHvtrd maximum dully prim fludiiu-
tlnns siiKKrflled at Hie Washington
(Mmfercntw, flvn rent a hushel on
wheat, rye and bur ley, four wnln on
corn mid thn on oats.
Forecast of somewhat c oolor
weather In Canada with probable
showers In the Dakota did much to
dampen -buying enthusiasm in the
wheat market. In tho late dealings,
wheat and rye fell 6 cents from yes
terday's finish.
At no time did tho markoUj got up
to yesterday's closing figures. There
was no let up. however, in crop danv
ago roports from olther tho Canadian
or American northwest following
three successive days of bllsterln;
temperatures and prolonged lack of
sulwoll moisture.
Wheat closed weak, at tho day
bottom figures, 4 to 6c under yes
terday's finish, com 34c down,
oats 2 at 3c off and provisions t 20
to 50c decline.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
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LINDY PLANS OCKAN HOP
TO KKVIEW VET'S CASES
MATTKKN LEAVES EDMONTON
ItETAILEIlS FILE CODE
OSLO, Norway, July 28 (P) Ile-
porta rweived today said Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh, who now Is on an aerial
mapping tour In northern areas,
would fly from Greenland to Stavan
gerf Norway, as soon as weather con
ditions permit.
WASHINGTON, July 38 P) Hegu
latlona were approved today by Presi
dent Roosevelt setting up 90 boards
throughout the country to review
presumptive service-connected dlsr
ability oases of World war veterans.
Frank T. Hlnes, veterans administra
tor, said personnel of tho 'boards will
be announced next week.
EDMONTON, Albertu, July 28 VP)
Jlinmlo Mattern, American airman,
took off from here today for Wlhnl'
peg and Toronto' en route to S'ew
York. T. M. ("Put") Kola was pilot
of the pluue.
WASHINGTON, July 38 VP) Hcp:
resentatlves of six retail dealers' or
ganlsntlona today brought to tho re
covery administration lor formal sub
mission a newly . drafted composite
code Intended to cover all retail store
lines. .
DUTCH IIAKBOK, Alaska, July 28
tm A violent earthquake of 15 neo
oiiiIh duration was Mt In tills vicinity
u :!. iu m., 1. H. T. ((1:41) a. in. K.
8. T.) today. The amount, of damage
done has not been determined, - :
SEATTLE, July 28 (IP) .Robert) R.
Elliott, 40, a - toxl-drlvor, was killed
early today and his body , thrown out
on a ourD In Elliott avenuse wet
early today. He woe; shot through the
neck while sitting at the wlieol of
his cab. . ' : 1 '5
LUMBER INDUSTRY!
ASKS U. S. VIEWS;
ON WAGES, HOURS
WASHINGTON, July 38 (T) Dis
turbed by labor troubles tn the Paci
fic Northwest and anxious to achieve
a degree of Immediate stability, tho
lumber Industry today asked tho re
covery administration its views on
wages and hours. It expects an
answer soon
HcarlnRs on tho proposed lumber
code, stipulating wages from $10.80
to $20.40. andi 40 to 4B nours, nave
been completed and the industry is
redrafting it to bring it In line with
tho wishes of the federal officials,
Meanwhile, strikes in tho Orays
Harbor and Klamath Falls areas are
attributed by lumber operators to
uncertainty regarding what wages
are to be paid.
In addition, lumber manufacturers
said thoy aro severely handicapped in
contracting for lumber to be deliver
(Continued on Page Two)
STRATTON HANGED
IN WALLA WALLA
WALLA WALLA. Wash., July 38 IP)
Leaving behind a long written let
tcr but asking prison officials to
pormlt him to die on the scaffold
"without making a statomont." Olllo
Leo Stratton, 33-yoar-old convicted
slayer of William Prawley. was hanged
at tho state penitentiary shortly af
ter midnight.
Tho hanging was tho first In the
new executive chambor of the peni
tentiary, and the first in the past 15
months, at tho prison. , The trap was
sprung at 12:05 a. m. and he was pro
nounced dead 15 minutes later.
Stratton was convicted of slaying
Prawlcy. mlddle-ngcd retired soldier
and resident of Port Townscnd, on
Aug. 20. 1031.
j lNQUIRING
I Kaeh day an the InniilrtnjT He porter makes Hie rounds two person
J - will be stopped at random on the street comer and asked sorot
I O4ipsllon or the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight
enHi Intrrvlewrd will be granted two complimentary tickets to the
J Utterly Thmitro. The current attraction Is un nil-star cast In the
I "Song of the KiiglP.' F -
Nine men and two women have
been appointed by Oovernor Meier
as members of the stato lltpior con
trol commission the duty of which
will be to suggest ways and means
of handling liquor traffic in Oregon
If the 18th amendment is repealed.
It. L. Keynaud. 703 Washington
avenue, believes that "treating each
other to drinks In a saloon Is the
biggest evil. Everybody Insists that
DEVELOPMENT;
OF COLUMBIA
IS ASSURED
President and Public
yVorks Board Both .Ap
prove This First Unit
BONNEVILLE DAM ?..'
DUE FOR APPROVAL
Oregon Congressional
Delegation Expects
President to Put 'Okeh'
; .on This Plan Also, i
1 (
WASHINGTON, July 88 VP) The
long deferred Hope of the . Paelflo
Northwest was realized today with
approval by President Roosevelt and
the national public works board-of
the first unit-of the giant Columbia
basin Irrigation reclamation projects
the Grand Coulee dam. .
The president requested that ac
tlon be speeded on the $60,000,000
project first of a series of develop
ments envisioned to supply the .
northwest with cheap power and
eventualy to pour water - on - more
than 3,000,000 acres of arid lands. ' -
Senator Dill, said approval of the
Grand Coulee dam' meant the be
ginning of a considerable develop
ment of the northwest country. I ' .,
A ulgantlo Project
The Grand Coulee dam, only part
of the glgantlo project,, would be a
HS'-foot structure, Impounding watera
of the upper Columbia, river, near
the arid part of South Central Wash
ington. . Later ontJ , plana call .ifor
erection of a super-dam 370 test
high, iipon 'the first dam. ' which Is
for water power only. Dill said pri
mary power could be sold to' the
northwests at. mills . and - ana
pumping power for 1 to 1 ft mills. ,
Tho ' governments Is. to ' advenes
funds'-. foV.the- project' -the Btate"ot -.
(Contlnuod on Pago- Two) '
Governor Meier
NameiBoard Ori
Liquor Control
PORTLAND, July .38 VP) Q0Vr-
nor: Julius L. Meier late yesterday
appointed ejeveu persons as members
of.-'a liquor control' commission and
means of regulating liquor In Oregon
In the event the eighteenth amend
ment is repealed. The board mem
bership i Includes those against,! as
(Contlnuod On Page lour) (
Allied Printers
For 30-Hour Week
utica, N. Y., July as VP)
Allien Printing Trains Col
rhe
tho Btato of New York, which Jnds
Its annual convention here todu, is
on record as favoring the 30 tjour
week for printers and bookbinders to
relievo unemployment and alsd' as
approving the samo weekly wage for
tho 36-hour week, recommended by
President Roosevelt under the volun
tary blanket agreement, as Is .how
paid for the 44 hour week.
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Today's Baseball
National League i
R. H. B.
Boston ' -12 18 1
Philadelphia 13 0
(Ten Innings). f
Batteries: Prankhouse. Brandt and
Hogan: Rhom, Jackson, Llska, A,
Mooro and Davis. Todd.
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American lmgue
, R. H. B.
Dolrolt 8 1
Clovoland 7 18 1
Batteries: Sorrell. Herring and Hay
worth, Posck; Hlldobrand and Pytlak.
REPORTER j
the drinks aro on him until a per
son gets too many under his belt lw
foro ho knows It," he says. Mr. Roy
muul believes that distribution of
liquor should bo regulated,
Mrs. Tom Ruckman. 1404 WalnuW
streetbellov, "There should, bo
some kind of control and that gov
ernmental, but I haven't any sug
gestions to make for the type of, organisation."
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