Lightning Kills Cattle On The Alex Robertson Farm
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Covering Union and ',;
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VOLUME 31
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. 11. C.
NUMBER 283
FAIT OF MWffi IS UNDEt WAT
'FOUR BOLTS
HIT MARKS IN
THIS DISTRICT
Mortier's Bam on North
Side' Hit by lightning;
k. Small Fine Started.
TWO TRANSFORMERS
ARE BURNED OUT
Three Separate Storms
Hit County Quarter of
y an Inch of .Rain Falls in
La Grande.
Thrco separate electrical storms
swept over Union county yesteriluy af
ternoon, the first resulting In Jlfjlit-
iiiar utMlHn,, nt-. Hpniit-. Tmir t.lmm.
E. Mortier's 'barn bock of McClay's
store on Second street was struck ana
set on fire, but the blaze was qulck
lv Yt.1nmilfihed.
Two cows at -the Alex Robertson
farm In the Orange Hall district near
here wero killed toy a bolt. The cows
were in a field and were about 30
feet apart. The owners were unaware
of tho loss until a neighbor called to
.aii t.Vim nf thu lichttmr's destruc-
tlon. of the two animals. One of the
two was listed aa their best cow.
i Tu-n Transformers lilt
Two bolts struck along the Eastern
Oregon Light & Power Co. lines out
city service was not interrupted. In
each case a transformer was burned
out.
Accompanying tho storms locally
0 a niinrtor of an Inch of rain, the
first slnco the middle of July when
more than naif aa..incu. leii ..auruig
an electrical storm. ' '
Another electrical storm, accom
panied by heavy showcrB, hit La
Grande shortly after the noon-hour
today.
Three Separate Storms
The first storm hit La Grande. Is
land City, Imbler and Elgin, accord'ng
to reports. The second storm went
across the valley between Elgin and
Union, striking In the Cove district.
Tho third started In the Bock Crock
area and went Into the North Pow-
(Contlnued on Page Six,
Favors New Law
To Stop Buying
From Children
A suggestion by City Manager An
gus McAllister that the city draw up
a new ordinance relative to second
hand stores purchasing articles of
merchandise from minors was re
ceived with favor at tho city com
mission meeting last night, and E. R.
Rlngo, city attorney, was authorized
to prepare such an Instrument. To
day he is going to Portland and hopes
to examine the Portland ordinance
while there.
The city manager said that tho
police was having somo troublu from
children stealing merchandise and
then selling It under assumed names
to some of the second hand deaicrs.
He suggested that the ordinance make
It unlawful for stores to buy mer
chandise from minors. It was brought
out that not all of tho second hand
(Continued on rage Seven)
COUNTY COURT
STILL BUSY ON
MONTH'S BILLS
The members of the Union county
court met toctey for the second Cay
of their monthly session and spent
tho entire morning auditing July
county bills. They expect to get to
the docket this afternoon. They
are meeting In the office of County
Judge U. O. Couch at the court
house.
MANY LOOP DRIVES
BECKON ON SUNDAYS
Where to go Sunday?
1$ It is Isn't too hot to enjoy a long
' car ride, there are a number of lnter-
I eating loop drives In tills section
which may appeal to the week-ender
. who doesn't plan on taking too long
tk trip.
f Just for example. If you've never
-made the trip, the drive to Medical
iCpiings might be Interesting. But
dont figure that the highway Is a
' oed of rose," because there are
.plenty of rough spots both coming
and going, although nothing to wor
ry about.
The road from La Grande to a point
WILL
si
ROGERS
'cnut
SANTA BARBARA, Oal., Aug. 2
IX It's as hot back east as the Cali
fornia papers say It Is, there Is no
use me writing yon: I should Just
send flowers to the funerals. (Excuse
me while I put somo wood on this
fireplace here In tha room; looks like
we will never have any summer).
This Is fiesta woek In Santa Bar
bara, the most colorful event In Cali
fornia, the home of yellow horses and
silver saddles. Yours,
lull iiUiiiiuiu
LEGION SHOW AT
ZUBER SATURDAY
The American Legion vaudeville
which will be ft feature of the open
ing of tho remodeled Zubor hall Sat
urday evening Is assuming large pro
portions, according to .Raymond O.
Williams, chairman of the commit
tee, ant) additional numbers are yet
to come.
Among the additional numbers will
be Lou Levitt and his Dragons who
will be featured on the stage and
also furnish music for dancing.
Brick Anderson will be . master of
ceremonies. He had 'charge of the
Engle broadcast programs, and had
some experience as a radio announcer
and entertainer. ; "
Jane Smith, Fawn Geertsen, Leona
(Continued on Page Pour)
DEFINITE &
ON LOAN BRANCH
OFFICE LACKING
Matters concerning- the branch of
the Home Owners' Loan corporation
of tho federal government, to be
established In La .Grande, remained
indefinite tocTay, along with similar
branches to be established at Eugene
and Klamath Falls.
Oregon headquarters of the home
loan corporation will be opened In
Portland in about a week, John P.
Lipscomb, manager, said upon his
return from Washington, D. C, Wed
nesday.
"rJhfc matter wf organization ip
(Continued on Pajro Eight)
NESBITTS IN
CITY ON VISIT
FROM CANADA
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ncsbltt and
children, Lee and Donna, of Cal
gary, Alberta, arrived yesterday to
spend a few days In Eastern Oregon.
While tn La Grande they arc staying
at the M. W. Huffman home, but
plan to spend the remainder of the
week at tho J. H. Dobbin home In
Enterprise. Mr. Ncsbitt Is publicity
manager of the Canadian wheat pool.
Mrs. Nesbltt will be remembered as
the daughter of Bert Huffman, form
er resident and editor of La Grondc.
WALLA WALLA
PRISONER AT,
LARGE TODAY
Mike Krlskovlch. ftged 30 years, es
caped from the Walla Walla peniten
tiary about 6 o'clock last night, ac
cording to word received here by
state, county and city officers.
He is described as 5 feet 11 inches
tall, brown eyes, dark brown curly
hair, white shirt with collar of shirt
having clothing department printed
thereon, occupation waiter.
a few miles this side of Medical
Springs Is In good condition, but the
last few miles to the community
made famous by its springs and Un
cle Dunham Wright, are rough and
Ousty. Once at the springs, on may
enjoy a picnic lunch, a swim In the
pool or a, trip over to Pomioea, about
a mile farther on. '
Coming back, for variety, one may
take the road to Telocast-t. which
leads by much of the lake created by
the Thief Valley dam. There is a
turn off that goes to the dam, it la
(Continued on Page Seven)
Wins in Cactus
rlSl ft
... uuyd. HO, ol Pnoenix, ..
-seletEed as "Miss Arizona' la' .v
beauty show held amid a park of
thorny cactus.
NOMINATIONS ARE
MADE BY LEGION
Nomination of officers for the
American Legion was the main busi
ness transacted last night at the
August meeting at the Sacajawea
Inn. Elections will be held in Sept
ember. The nominations were not
announced to the public.
The La Grande post will send Its
drum corps to the state convention
at Klamath Falls on Aug. 10, 11 and
12, when the post will make a bid
for the 1934 meeting.
BAI1V I)AU(JHTKIt HORN AUOUST 2
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Laughlln, of
Elgin, are tho parents of a baby
daugh Wr bqrn sterclay at the
Grande Rondc hospital.
ANYHOW, HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
RESPONSE TO
MA. PLAN
IS SPREADING
Additional Business and
Prof essionaj Men Sign
Certificates Here.
LABOR CONTRACTS
TO BE UNCHANGED
Interpretation Also Clari
fies Retail Code; Phar
macists, Executives,
Etc., Not Restricted.
Response to tho N. R. A. plan In
La Grande mis' more general today,
With many additional Blue Kogleti
posted yesterday afternoon and this
morning. At 1:30 o'clock today 1S8
certificates of compliance had been
signed and presented to the post
office, representing a large majority
of local business and professional
men. The post office was forced to
get additional Insignia from Island
City.
In the meantime, additional Inter
pretation of various questions ,con-
.' (Continued on Page Thres
Mrs. E.L. Haliey
Dies Wednesday
At Valley Home
Maude Bosemond Haliey, wife of
Edward L. Haliey, died at her farm
hctie ihtho valley .Wednesilay after
'noon at T:60 o'clock, after a long Ill
ness, She suffered a sever stroke
Sunday morning) - Her death was a
(Continued on Page Eight)
Lightning Takes
All Nine Lives
Of Local Feline
A cat may havo nine lives, but
lightning; can take 'cm all In one
swift move.
No casualties wero reported X
first when a 'bolt struck the E.
Mortler barn on the northsld. yes
terday, but later It was learned
that a cat was killed. A child saw
tho feline tragedy, and his story
was that the cat, near the barn,
leaped Into tho air, turning over
and over, and hit the ground dead.
The Observer was unable to learn
how close the cat was to the barn,
or was It able to get complete
verification of the death, stoiy.
;nnTER HOURS I
HIGHER M
MONEytM
CIRCULATION
yip i
MONEY
AWY
1
Carole Lombard Plans Divorce
ink jEu fc m
gr- if t r :k uNej
Pt k jx
Oarolo Lombard, niutlon nicture
dence on the Nevnda side of Lake Tahoe preparatory to suing her
antor husband, William Powell, lor divorce, and spends her ttie rid
ing, "sun-tanning," and staying away Irom the public. Photo, shows
. -A her on steps ol her cottage.
SETS RAILROAD
PERSONNEL LIMIT
WASHINGTON'. Aug. 3 (fl - In
working out economies In co-opera
tlon with Joseph B. Eastman, federal
co-ordlnator of transportation, the
railroad must not reduce personnel
below 933,400, the number employed
during May. .
J Tho" May employment totals, an
nounced today by the Interstate com
merce commission, were set out In
the new railroad law as those under
which tho carriers would have to
"freeze" their personnel rolls In cllm
inatlng duplicating services and
adopting other cost reducing steps.
The only way the roads may re
duce personnel is by not filling va
cancies caused by resignations, re
tirements and deaths, and these may
not exceed five per cent of the em
ployed during a year.
Tho 038,408 employment figure for
May was a gain over April, when em
ployment was 925.485, and March.
919,881, but a reduction of 126,753
under May a ycaf ago.
scar, nas ejir..imi.mpri n nnini-. resi
COORDINATOR
PLEADS WITH
6IGRAILR0ADS
"Spend Every Available
Dollar in Putting Men
Back to Work," He Urges
WASHINGTON, Aiir. 3 (P) .Joseph
It. Eastman, fed cm I co-onllna(or of
tnuiNpitrtntlnn, tcloRmplied the pnwl
(IcntH of nil Haas one railroads today
urging them to "spond every avail
able dollar In putting nfeu hack to
work," under the ndmlulHtratlon'b re
covery program.
Eastman sold reports to him Indi
cated the railroads had restored, about
forty thousand men to work slnco
June 1 and in many instances had
Increased the hours of employment
of men already at work, but added
this was not enough. '
"This Is good," his telogrom said,
"but Is It all that can be done? A
countrywide drive is on to Increase
employment, build up purchasing
power, increase production, and sus
tain It by consumption.
"If all pull together this drive
will Buccecd, but It may fall if some
hang back,"
KIDNAPED MAN IS
FREED ON 'CREDIT'
NEW YORK, Aug, 3 P) Nathan
BnskowlU was home today the
first kidnap victim to bo brought
back on credit.
Shortly after police proclaimed
that Bnskowltz, a sports promoter,
"hasn't got 35 cents to his name."
kidnapers released him last night
under a nothlng-down-nhd-casy-pay-
(Contlnucd On Pago Five)
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. Aug, 3 (ff) Extremely
bullish crop reports both from tho
American and Canadian northwest
gave wheat prices a brisk upturn late
today.
The wheat market earlier advanced
lower, tnflucnnod a good deal by trad
forecasts that world import require
ments for 1933-34 would bo tho
smallest met with in years. World
Import wheat needs wero put at 670.
000,000 bushels, against 704.000,000
last year and 770,000.000 two seasons
ago. a circumstance attributed large
ly to determined governmental ef
fort likely to result In Eurojw (ex
clusive of Russia) raising 00,000.000
bushels more wheal tlian !ast year.
Wheat closed unsettled, ifr lc
abovo yesterday's finish, corn un
changed to jO lower, oats y4 lc
down, and provisions varying from
22c decline to a rlso of 6c.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
MAYO ClIIMIKtlX MENACED
McNAIIYg ON WAY IIOMK
ACCIDENT NEAK PENDLETON
FLOODS FATAL TO 1000
ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug, 3 P
All unpurent attempt to kluimp one
ot inure or tlio three children or Dr.
and Mm. ClutrleH W. Mujo curly Tues
day, wns roveulnl today. The clUl
tlren, rouging In age rrom to six
ycimt uro gnimltditldreii or Dr. Charted
11. Mayo, world ruinous nurgcon.
PORTLAND, Aug. 3 W) A Wask
lmrton. D. O.. dlfipatoh to the Journal
today said Senator and Mrs. Charles
L. McNary left this attcrnoon ifor
Oregon. They will stop brlofly in
Clilcago en route. '
l'HNDLETON, Ore., Aug. 3 VP)
Hurl Wnrdlclgli, or WoUs, Nov., was
in a lliwpltal hero today undergoing
treatment ror severe ruelal Injuries
and body bruises received in an auto
mobile accident on the Old Oregon
Trail lust night. Mm. Edna Stanton,
n putiKcngcr, was bruised and slmkcn.
PEIPINO, China, Aug. 3 VP) Floods
caused toy a collapse of dikes along
the Chiang river near Sonyuau caus
ed the deatlia of 1000 persons and a
great loss of livestock, dispatches
from Slan reported today.
EASTMOKELAND MUNICIPAL
LINKS, Portland, Ore., Aug. SOT
Tab Unycr, Portland aoe, was tha first
player to advunce to the second round
In the national publlo links goU
tournament today when he camo from
behind with three brtlllant birdies on
tho second nine to conquer Jimmy
Decble, 15-yenr-old Minneapolis star,
and 1 .III the 18-holo match. . . ; .
YOUTH CONVINCES
OFFICERS HE IS
TIEND MURDERER'
BAN DIBOO, Oal.,' Aug. 3 m -Phillip
Charles Edwards, 19-yoar-old
high school graduate was bolng held
tn Jail as ni suspect In tho mutilation
murdor of little Dalbert Aposhlan to
day wlille pollco checked the clowlng
episodes of Ills story of the crime.
Captain of Doteotlves Harry J. Kel
ly today checked tho story In Its
broad outlines and sold he discovered
facts which partially verified It.
Edwards first told his story to de
tectives In Los AngoleB where 1io wai,
picked up as a loltoror lato Monday
night, and repeated It when (brought
hore. Kelly said the youth told offi
cers lie mot Dalbert on a downtown
(Continued on Pago Two)
KANSAS ROBBERS
ELUDE OFFICERS
COFFEYVIIjLE, Kan., Autf. 3 (IV
Tho robbers who stole tho sain from
tho Weir City state bank after lock
ing 10 cltlzons in the town Jail, to
day appeared to have made good their
escape from peace officers, posses and
national guardsmen.
With no hot trail to guldo them
tho officers gave up their search last
night after failing to find tho two
men who earlier in the day hod aban
doned near hero, a truck, carryli tlte
8 to! on safe.
Tho truck, containing tho bank's
safo and $3,000, was roturncd to Weir
City under guard.
I1KTS AOAIN8T (15000
lli;'l,I, SWIM Till: (.'IIAXNI'X
DEAL, England Capt, George
Dixon Morris accepted a bet of $5000
a Rn Inst his $5 while playing cards
with a friend that ho would swim
tho Channel Homo time In August
Ho Is In training and generally has
three swims a day. Ono day recent
ly ho swam out four and one-half
ml tea to the South Goodwin light
ship, hailed tho crew1 and swam back
to breakfast.
I INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two person
will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some
question of tho (loy. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight
each Interviewed will be grunted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Tliwitre. The current attraction Is ( hurlle Itugglcs In
".Murders In The Zoo."
fa Carnora, king of tho heavy
weight ring, Invulnerable or Is there
a lighter who could defeat Mm?
Martin Fitzgerald, 805 O avenue,
believes that Max Baer could do It.
Baer", according to Mr. Fltr.ncrald,
'has more science nnd moro boxing
HEAVY RAINS
CAUSE ROOD
IN BIG CITY
Two Deaths Reported and
5000 People Are Driven
From Their Homes.
UNRULY TORRENT
GOES OVER WALLS
Downtown Business at
Standstill Several
Bridges Washed Away;
Those in Danger Warned
DENVER, Aug. 8, m Two deaths
front the flood that lilt Denver today
wero known after a check. The body
of Tom Casey, 80, ,wa found In a
deep hole at the rear or Ills ratldenr
nt 1(110 Heventh street. The body of
Mrs. Iicrtha Catlln, HI, employed on
a ranch ut Frnnkton, was found float
ing In a swollen creek.
DENVER, Colo., AIIR. 3 VP) Koar
liiK threa feet above the tops of eight
font high retaining walls floouwatcrs
or Cherry creek, swollen by! heavy
rnliiB lust night and the breaking of
Castlcwood dam east of Denier, to
day were swelling Into streets for
from the creek's ordinary course anfl
forcing city dwellers from their
homes.
Uusually a friendly stream running
little more than a foot or two deep,
the creek from which Colorado pio
neers panned much, gold, was on un
ruly torrent of muddy floor, carrying
tons of debris as It swept tbrougb
V BuslncB8' -was '-at " V MfcanfiAin
In,
downtown Denver as power and tight
oorvico was out oir when the flood
waters demolished transmission lines
(Continued on Page Throe)
Navy Department
Awards Contracts
For 2INew Ships
WASHINGTON, Aug. S VP) The
navy department today awarded con
tracts "to the lowest responsible bid
dor" for 21 naval vessels.
The department also allotted 16
vessels to be constructed In navy
yards.
Bids for the vessels awarded pri
vate yards wero opened July 26.
Announcing tho awards, officials
said charges .by Senator Trammoll,
chairman of tho senate naval com
mittee, of collusion between the bid
ders had not ibeen substantiated.
Meanwhile, In view of the hip
building cods as to wages and hours
In private yards, tho navy today or
dered a five-day week of 40 hours for
civilian employes at all short stations.
Tho now work week will replace the
present 6V4 day week for which six
days pay Is given. . ,
Pay will now bo on the oasis of flvo
days wnges for tho flvo day week.
Somo 44,000 omployos will bo af
fcotcd. .
Today's Baseball
American League
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 mi LoftJ
Orovo handed tha Yankees tholr first
shutout slnco Aug. a, 1031, today as
ho pitched Philadelphia to a 1 to 0
victory, giving only five hits.
Tho shutout was tho first for tho
Yanks after 308 consecutive scoring
games,
Tho Yank's feat of scoring In 308
games, established a new nll-tlmo rec
ord for major leaguo clubs.
Jlmmlo Foxk aided orovo In Ms
victory by -walloping his 30th homo
run of tho season with two on toaso
In tho seventh whllo threo more
Philadelphia ruuB camo In on an error
by Den Chapman. Tho score:
. B. H. B.
Philadelphia - - 7 8 0
Now York - - 0 5 3
Batteries: Orovo and Cochran; Al
len, Ponnack, Dovcns end Dlokoy.
REPORTER !
experience. When they are matched
Baer will defeat the champ, I pre
dict." t
James Leslie, Sommer hotel, says,
"I'm not much of a fight fan but
from what I've heard other people
say I believe that Mux Bncr can bent
Carnora," ,