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VOLUME 31
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING KEWSl'Al-EB
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. H. C.
NUMBER 280
TALK MERGER
ATCREAMERY
MEET, PICNIC
Would Consolidate Co
operative Creameries in
Union and La Grande.
COMMITTEE OF 4
., MAY BE SELECTED
Two From This District
And Two From Union
Would Consider All
Phases of Plan.
Discussion of a plan to consoli
date the two co-operative creameries
In Union county occupied an Import
ant place In the annual meeting and
plcnlo of the Union county unit of
the Farmers Co-operative creamery
held Saturday at Union.
The business 'meeting was In the
morning in the U. H. S. auditorium
and three directors were elected:
j. A. Kofford, Union district, 're
elected: J. A. Nice, North Powder,
re-elected: W. J. Case, Allcel, to suc
ceed Mr. Austin, who has moved
away.
, fallowing a noon lunch, an after
noon program was held at the city
park, consisting of Instrumental and
vocal solos and talkB. Manager Jack
son, of Union, .and W. B. Wagner
gave reports, and talks were given by
Walter M. Pierce, A. E. Engbrctscn,
of Astoria, secretary of the Inter
state Associated Creameries, and by
Mr. Wagner. Engbretsen explained In
detail the workings of his association
and how through its efforts, the Port
land butter market has been put on
a parity with the -Seattle and Los
Angeles markets. He expressed a de
sire to see the two co-operative groups
(Continued On Page ux)
Boy, Girl Hurt
f Slightly Sunday
In Car Accidents
Jean Splvey, 5. was lnjuredl Sunday
at 6:50 p. m. when struck by a car
driven by C. I. Splker. The accident
occurred on Spruce street and Mr.
Splker reported that the child ran
out from behind a parked car. The
little girl was taken to the Orande
Ronde hospital where It was found
her injuries were of a minor nature,
consisting of -cuts about the face.
Wlllard Linn Cutler, driving on Y
avenue near Fourth, at 4:30 p. m.
yesterday, hit a bicycle belonging to
Olen Young. The boy was bruised
slightly. Mr. Cutler reported that
trie boy dropped a loaf of bread andi
swung his bicycle around in front of
his car to recover It when the acci
dent occurred.
MISS MUNSEY
GETS DIPLOMA
Miss Harry C. .Munsey, 807 Divi
sion street, La Orande, will receive
a the diploma of the Moody Bible In-
stitute of Chicago upon completion
of the general course, August 3. She
will receive also the diploma of the
Evangelical Teacher Training Asso
ciation, which provides an exception
ally high standard in teacher training.
BABY DAUGHTER
' BORN SATURDAY
A baby daughter was born Satur
day to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Bur
leigh at Enterprise. Mr. Burleigh has
been living In La Orande since he
purchased the law practice of the
late R. S. Eakin. Mrs. Burleigh and
daughter will come to La Orande in
the near future to make their home.
UNION COUNTY RANKS
FIFTH IN WHEAT
Now that wheat Is so all-important
in the American newspapers due to
the new processing tax and acreage
reduction benefits, the frenzied fluc
tuations in the grain market, etc., It
Is Interesting to note that Union
couny Is fifth largest wheat produc
ing county In the state of Oregon.
Umatilla ranks first with 6.225.807
bushels, Sherman next with 2,109.895.
Morrow third with 1,944.685, Gilliam
fourth with 1,718.345, Union fifth
with 1.264.330 and Wasco sixth with
1,222.251.
Wallowa county produces 754.961
which gives It a ronk of seventh.
Baker's crop of 542,303 places It In
thirteenth place among the 36 coun
Timely
'Economy Tuesday"
WILL
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 30
Roger Babson, who savles a lot about
things beforo they happen, says peo
ple are going back to the old-fash-loned
investments, that they are
starting In tb raise children, figuring
on the children raising them In their
older years.
it was becoming a kind of a lost
art. Babson figures that If we will
Just deprive ourselves and furnish
the children gas now, that they will
do the same for us In our old days.
That's about all there Is to support
ing anybody nowadays. You .never
hear, "Who will board, me, who will
room me?" It's always "Who will fur
nish the gas?"
- If we could get the state to furnish
the gas instead of the school and the
teacher, we could really put on a
child raising campaign. Yours, :
tfch- for?
AUTO WRECK
HURTS FATAL
TO UNION MAN
James' Edward Allen Dies
Here Saturday; Funeral
at Union Tuesday.
James Edward Allen, of Union,
known to his many friends as
"Blackle," died at the Orande Ronde
hospital Saturday night following in
juries received in an automobile acci
dent near Haines Thursday night.
Friday he underwent an operation
and apparently was recovering but
his heart Is reported to have weak
ened. The car which he was driving fig
ured in a collision, with a machine
driven by; a - Mrs. 'JS'aAet, - of Stills
water, Okla., who Is reported to have
admitted blame for the accident in
reporting at Baker, Ore. State police
are now seeking her arrest, accord-
(Continued On Page Pour)
FOUR PERMITS TO
BUILD ARE ISSUED
' Building permits issued during the
last week called for $330 In new con
struction, bringing the total for the
first seven months of 1033 to 835.603.
Two permits were Issued to E. 'R.
Rlngo, to alter and repair a dwelling
place on Sixth between O and Penn
sylvania at a cost of $100, and to
alter and repair a home at 1503
Fourth at a cosi of $150.
A permit was Issued to Harry Pat
rls to alter and repair a home on
Second between Adams and Jeffer
son at a cost of $30 and another per
mit was issued to W. C. Freiberg to
alter and repair a shop on Adams
between Chestnut and Fourth, work
to cost $50.
WEATHER HERE
TURNS COOLER
OVER WEEKEND
The weather turned! a bit cooler
over the weekend, with a maximum
of 79 Sunday with clear skies, and
a minimum this morning of 47 above.
The minimum equalled the' lowest
reading of the month of July in La
Orande, and was eight degrees cooler
than the minimum Sunday morning.
Cleor weather Is expected to con
tinue in Eastern Oregon with little
change in temperature, according to
the weather, bureau's prediction.
ties. Lincoln county, with 714 bu
shels, Is last.
The crop Is figured on a five-year
average from 1928 to 1932, Inclusive.
Union county has had crops that
reached the million and a half fig
ures, and probably this year's crop
will be around a million bushels, al
thought definite figures are not
available. '
Incidentally, the Eastern Oregon
wheat belt Wasco, Sherman, Mor
row. Umatilla, Gilliam, Union and
Wallowa counties produces 15.
240.234 bushels, nearly three-fourths
of the state's average yield of 21,204,
994 bushels.
Economies For Thrifty Housewives Tomorrow See Page 3
Low Prices, Effective For The One Day Only, Are Again Offered To La Grande Shoppers By a Group of Local Merchants Co-operating In Special Selling
LA GRANDE BUSINESS ORGANIZES FOR
ADHERENCE TO F.
HOLD THREE
IN O'CONNELL
KIDNAP CASE
Arrests Made in Albany,
N. Y. But Identity of
Prisoners Secret.
O'CONNELL FREED
AFTER SUM PAID
David Kahan, Once
Wealthy Real Estate
Man of Brooklyn, is Re
ported Missing Today.
By The Associated Press
. Three; men whoso names were kept
secret were In custody In Albany; N.
Y., today for questioning regarding
kidnaping of John J. O'Connell Jr.
O'Connell, youthful member of a po
litically powerful Albany family, was
freed Sunday after 23 days' captivity.
The kidnapers were paid $40,000 ran
som in marked bills.
Cl.... Urschel, miUlonoho oil
man w id by machine gunners
from hit'' Oklahoma City borne on
July 22, was still missing today. There
was no word from hla captors.
A fusillade of shots on Saturday
night riddled the Denver home of W.
B. Ellsworth, whose wife, .. Frances,
supplied police with information that
led to arrests in the kidnaping sev
eral months ago of Charles Boettcner,
(Continued on Page Two)
300 Gather For
Pierce Picnic
Sunday at Park
Three hundred loyal friends of Rep.
Walter M. Pierce, ex-governor, con
gressman from the second congres
sional ' district and one of Eastern
Oregon's most popular political lead
ears, gathered yesterday at Riverside
park where the representative re
counted his adventures in Washing
ton, D. C, at his first session of con-
(Continued on Page Oix)
MAYBE WE'D BETTER FORGET THE CONFERENCE IDEA
RECEIVES AID IM RUSSIA
MEVMS OF 86LCIvM BM.10ONIST
A.WMTEP IN MANY I-AN PS
ASIATIC? AND EUROPEANS
MEET TO STUPY GEOIjOCY
tjeegiepcK
R3CEI!M AUTHORS WIN ,
YvDRLPWIPE POPULARITY
FOUR STRATEGISTS OF N. R. A.
"Sales nmnufjers of Die New Deal" are these four strategists In the Nit A proiKigundu cnniNilgn, pictured
In Washington shaping plans to enlist 125.0O0.0U0 Americans In the drive to rout the depression. Left
to right, seated, Louis J. Aluer uml Charles F. Horner; standing, Lubert Bt. Clair and Frank It. Wilson.
200 SPECTATORS
WITNESS DIVING
SUNDAY EVENING
More than 200 spectators gathered
oft tne "side lines at Crystal Plunge
last night at 7 o'clock to witness the
exhibition diving and racing meet
sponsored by the plunge under the
direction of Edwin Ktrby and Don
Johnson. Kirby ,was announcer for
the meet.
Exhibition diving from the 25-foot
tower was a feature of the meet,
Herblc O'Connell, 13-year-old diver
who placed In the exhibition at the
World's Pair recently, executing a
Jack knife half twist and a Jack
knife swan dive. O'Connell, Bob
Webb and Maurice Weiss also dived
simultaneously from the high tower.
(Continued on Page Six)
(TERRAIN! SCIENTIST
WELCOME P IN SWlTZ.ERV.ANP
g -
U U n
ITALIAN HEROES GIVEN
OVATION IN UNITED STATES
CHICAGO SORROWS' PAINTINGS
FROM THE LOUVRE.
AUSTRALIAN TENNIS STARS
GREETED IN FRANCE .
EVANS IS HOME
FROM PORTLAND
:' Herbert Evans, superintendent of
city schools, returned Saturday from
Portland where he attended the Unl-'
versity of Oregon summer session andi
will be in his office for the remain
der of the summer getting ready for
th-.oncnlog of school on Sept. H. ;
Mr. Evans said this morning that
he and his staff expect to be In their
rcmodled quarters at the High school
building by the first of next week.
LEGION TO MEET
THIS WEDNESDAY
'Ordinarily the American Legion
meets on the second Wednesday of
each month but because of the state
convention in Klamath Falls next
(Continued on Page 81xy
FOREIGN MOVIE STARS
POPUIAR AROUND THE WORLP
FOREIGN GOLFER? CHEERED
IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLANP
INTFf?MATIONW- PlPLOMATS
FIMP IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
TOGETHER
MUSIC BY GR?rviAN COMPOSER
APPLAOPEP IN POLANP
R. RECOVERY PtAN
CAMPAIGN
RETAIL CODE
FINAL DRAFT
BEING DRAWN
Officials of Recovery Ad-
ministration Working
With Industry Heads.
WASHINGTON, July 31 m Of
ficials of the recovery administration
today were whipping together a final
draft of a code for tho retail Industry,
under which mcroluuvts would oper
ate pending Its formal consideration
and approval instead of under Presi
dent Roosevelt's blanket wage and
hour agreement.
A premature announcement was
given today that all retail stores
would be permitted a 48 hour week
instead of the 40 hour week specified
In the president's agreement.
(Continued on Paso Slxi
COUNTY TO HAVE
RELIEF MANAGER
Members of the Union, county re
lief committee, particularly the chair
man, J. H. Peare, will be relieved of
much of tho tremendous burden of
responsibility beginning tomorrow.
The state, recognizing that commit
tee members hnvo been forced to de
vote much of their time without fin
ancial remuneration to relief work,
time taken from their own business,
hns decided to Install specially train
ed men In the larger counties. These
men, who will manage tho relief
activities, will be In charge of the
staff of paid workers, but will be
responsible to the relief committee.
Hereafter the committee will not be
(Continued on Page Four
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, July 31 W1) For tho
tlilrd successive day, grain prices to
day fell tho maximum amounts per
mitted under new regulations of the
leading American exchanges, 3 to 6
cents.
Liquidating sales were strongly in
evidence, and despito numeroun rat
lies proved poi-Hlstcnt enough to dom
inate over all other factors. During
much of tho day, business was vir
tually at a stAiitlstUl, with brokers
holding quantities of. .selling orders,
that could not bo executed.
August monthly unofficial domes
tic crop summaries to bo issued to
morrow wore expected to show tho
smallest aggregate yield of wheat and
oats since 1893.
Wheat closed almost llfcloHS, 4$r
6o under Saturday's finish, corn 4
cents down, oats 3c off, and provlslon-i
at 12 to 50c decline.
LOCAL RETAILERS ADOPT
TENTATIVE WORKING CODE;
: SOME START IMMEDIATELY
All 'Department, General Mercantile and Grocery
Stores 'Asked to Close at 6 p. m. Weekdays,
Including Saturday; General Mercantile to '
Open at 9 a. m. ; Food Stores at 8 a. m. ,-;V :
Many to Start New Hours Tomorrow. v .;
Following a meeting of a retail merchants committee this
morning, a tentative code of operating hours for some lines
of local business houses was agreed upon and a telegram, dis
patched to Washington, D. C, asking for complete 'informa
tion and suggestions in order that a general meeting for
final adjustment may be called at as early a date as possible.
Previous arrangement to have a general meeting this evening
was deemed inadvisable until complete information and BUg
gestion could be received from Administrator Johnson's of-
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
NORTH Ill.M) HAS RIQ FIltE .
MOB HEATS POLICEMEN
FRUIT MEN CO-OPERATE
. . . . , . , ' m
BLAST FATAL TO TEN ,
NORTH BEND, Ore., July 31 ()
Fire which Is believed to have been
caused by a short circuit In power
wiring, last night destcuyed the ll-K-V
veneer plant, bunted three giant
shlpwuj'H ot the Krtise and Banks
shipyards and swept through port of
the Mountain Htates Power company
plant, musing loss estimated by own
ers nt approximately $300,000,
BROOKLYN, N. Y., July 31 (P)
Two policemen were beaten and
their uniforms torn off today by 300
men. women and children who had
gathered In front of an unemploy
ment and home relief Btatlon for
their day's supplies.' Police ascribed
the trouble to Commtunlst agitation.
SEATTLE, July 31 m Repre
senting nn Investment or $250,000,000,
northwest fruit Industries, organized
under thn agricultural adjustment
code uml representing the tree fruit
growers of Washington Oregon, Mont
ana ami Idaho, today pledged full
uo-opemtlont and complete support
for President Roosevelt's Industrial
recovery program.
BR.UNN, Czechoslovakia, July 31
(P) The front of tho four-story
hotel Europa was blown off today
and about ten persons were killed and
60 Injured by a bomb which, police
said, may have been exploded by a
man who wished to kill himself, his
wife and his child.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 P
Governor ltoilph signed the st-ato
kiiIcs tax hill today. The measure
goes Into effect at midnight tonight.
Eagles Winners
Provide Music
At Lions Lunch
Music by Gene Gnssett and Bert
Warden, two of the winners of tho
Eugles broadcast series, was enjoyed
by the Lions club at Its luncheon
today In the Sacajawea Inn at noon.
Homer V. Leffel gave the main talk
speaking on the local plan for busi
ness people to operate under the
provisions of tho national recovery
(Continued on Pago Two)
! INQUIRING
Each dny as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona
will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked seme
question of the day. Through the courtesy ot Manager C. M. Wight
each intrrvieivtMl will ue graiimi two complimentary uukcui 10 in.
I.lherly Theatre, The current attraction Is Marlon Davie In 'Teg O'
My Heart."
And thon there's the man who
wasn't nfraid of work. He could go
to sleep beside a woodpile any time.
Martin King, 1605 Adams, says, "A
suro euro for laziness Is to go to
work. I'vo worked for wages since
I was 16 and I'm GU now and think
ficq at the national capitol.
Acting upon advices from Washing-
ton that the hour scale In stores of
smaller communities . had been
changed from 40 to 48 hours, the
local committee this morning voted
a tentative 48-hour working maxi
mum for employees. Opening and
closing hours under this plan will go
Into ' effect Immediately tomorrow
morning, some stores agreeing to thifl
(tentative agreement. Others say they
are perfectly in line with the national
plan but prefer to await final local
arrangement. r , ,
Department stores, clothing stores,
drygood stores and other general iner
NBA. INSIGNIA HERE j;r '
N. R, A,. Insignia .has arrived
the post office and first, dlitrlbu-J"
tlon will begin at 8 o'clock tomor.-
row morning at the general de
livery window. Quantity of in
signia due each signer of a certi
ficate of compliance has been re
duced to the following: one han
ger, two. large 'cards, five large
stickers, five small stickers, 10 con
sumers statements of co-operation
and 10 consumers stickers. Any
one that will require less than the
above to properly Identify his
place as an N. B. A. pledge, Is
urged to leave the balance of In
signia at the post office for the
benefit of other places, who may
requlro additional Insignia. The.
,equiro additional inslgna. ,
cantlle stores It was agreed upon by
a representative committee will, be
ginning tomorrow morning, - open at
D o'clock In the morning and close
at 0 o'clock in the evening, Grocery
and food markets will open at 8 a. m.
and close at 6 p. m, This to Include
(Continued on Page Four)
One-Day Super
Values Again At
Stores Tomorrow
"Economy Tuesday" proved pop-,
ular with La Grande shoppers on
Its first appearance last week.
Several of the participating mer
chants reported their , one-day
super values snapped up quickly
by housewives and others who
appreciated the extremely low
prices on timely merchandise
Items offered. One store was sold
out by 10:30 a. m., even though
it had a stock of over 100 of the
items on hand.
Another week has rolled around
and tomorrow is "Economy Tues
day" again. In this Issue ot the
Observer on page 3, thrifty shop
pers will find new values at the
special one-day prices. Careful
reading of the boxes on that page
will undoubtedly uncover' most
Interesting economies in all lines
of merchandise.
REPORTER j
I'm nbout the best man In town.
sitting arouno on corners gives peo
ple high blood pressure."
William Arrlrey, ha arande, says a
sure cure for laziness "Is to go to
sleep and then one doesn't have to
think about work."