ft
9 &
I. C. C. Refuses To
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America"
VOLUME 31
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Fight Started To
SPORTSMEN
FEAR LOSS
OFHATCHERY
Union, La Grande and
Baker Men to Make Pro
test to State Commission
NAME COMMITTEE
AT RECENT MEET
Roy Farnam and Nate
Zweifel, of La-Grande,
Two Members of Group
Named to Submit Data.
, Fearful that the state fish hatchery
,nt Union wMl be closed, sportsmen
of this county are preparing for a
strong protest to the state game n,
fish commission.
It is understood, according to word
received here, that the state commis
sion has adopted a policy whereby
thero are to be no more small hatch
cries in the state. Therefore, the Is
sue -locally is whether the -Union
hatchery will be enlarged or aban
doned. As a result of a largely attended
meeting held at Union the yther
night, at which Carl Silven, of Baker,
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Williams Loses r
Action In Court
At Pendleton
Circuit Judge Calvin L. Sweek, of
Pendleton, gave Ben Rhodes Grandy,
a minor, a Judgment of $10,800
against Sherwood Williams and the
National Surety company In the Pen
dleton court, climaxing a suit which
has been under consideration for sev
eral months. It is reported here. Rep
resentatives of the minor child as
serted that Mr. Williams was given
certain sums to Invest In first class
mortgages .but that the money was
not Invested In that manner and was
lost.
Green & Hess of La Grande, and
Charles Shelton, of Baker, were at
torneys for Grandy and H. E. Dixon,
of La Grande, and A. A. Smith and
A. S. Grant, of Baker, were attorneys
for Mr. Williams.
RADIO STOLEN
FROM SECOND
STREET HOME
Ray Scarbrough. of 2515 North Sec
ond street, reported to the police yes
terday that some one entered his
house with a .pass key and stole his
seven-tube radio. The theft took place
while the family was away. Police
arc investigating the cose.
TWO CARS IN
MINOR SMASH
11. A. Scott and E. B. TutUe fig
ured In a minor traffic accident at
10:15 o'clock yesterday at Adams and
Greenwood. Both reported to the
pollco that very little damage was
done.
NEVA STEIN WINS
ESSAY CONTEST
Numerous contributions to this
week's Merchants Essay and Misspell
ed, Word contest made the task of se
lecting the winner somewhat diffi
cult, with the essays extolling the
fine features of the L. & L. Drug
store, the subject of the contest.
First prize was awarded to Neva
Stein, of 1805 X avenue, ajyJ second
went to Moellzabeth Cooper, of 906
H avenue. Marell Watte, of R. f . D.
No. 1, La Grande, won third.
Honorable mention was awarded to
Anna Mae Whiting, R. F. D. No. 1,
La Orande; Clifford Westenskow. Im
bler; Ruth Stoddard. La Grande, and
Evelyn Sp.er, 21 U Cedar street.
Through the courtesy of C. M. Wight,
manater of the Liberty theatre, a
complimentary 0ket to the theatre
1 Is being given each honorable men
tion. First prise is W cash, second
(2 and third 1.
All of the contributions carried a
list of misspelled words In last week's
advertisement.
Next week's subject of the contest
will be the Modern Laundry and
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Aug. 4
Say, that old boy with one shot of
tear gas on the New York exchange
did more than Roosevelt. He closed
It.
It must have been quite a novelty
to see the brokers crying Instead of
the customers.
I've been looking since yesterday
Into this Income tax payment. Now,
I can't, find a single group to should
er that tax either. There Just don't
seem to be any volunteer taxpayers.
I sco now what makes a congress
man so unpopular, he Just will not
fix It so that tax falls on nobody.
Yours,
LEGION ALL SET
FOR VAUDEVILLE
AND DANCE EVENT
TvMt(rvf,a thn nitrhtl The American
Legion benefit vaudevlllo and dance,
the biggest event of the summer sea
son is expected to draw a huge crowd
to the newly decorated Zuber hall at
8:45 o'clock. Proceeds from the event
will be used to send members of the
American Legion drum corps to the
state legion convention at Klamath
Palls where they will make a bid lor
the 1934 annual sesslorf The torp3
will leave La Grande Tuesday eve
ning. (Continued on Pago Two)
CAMP FOR BOYS
TO BEGIN AUG. 9
The Wallowa Lake camp for boys
will open Aug. 9 at Wallowa Lake
under the direction of Harvey Carter
and to date 48 boys from La Grande
and eight from Enterprise have reg
istered to attend.
All boys are asked to bring their
(Continued on PaKe Two)
GOES TO BAKER
Donald Mctcalf. sent to La Grande
from Marlon county to act os man
ager of the Union county relief com
mittee, has gone on to Baker to take
a similar position there.
It is not likely, it was learned to
day, that a relief manager will be
permanently appointed for this
county.
C. C. C. CHECKS
ARRIVE HERE
Allotment checks from the C. C. C.
camps to families In this city who
have youths in the camps are now
arriving, and It is believed most of
them will be here by Monday.
Each youth in C. C. C. camp Is
required to send about t25 of the
30 pold him monthly back to his
dependents. '
Cleaners.
With Interest growing in the con
test fror week to week and so' many
excellent essays entered, many who
fail to receive mention one week may
be In the winners the second week,
and vice versa.
The winning essay this week fol
lows: "WHY THE L. & L. DRUG CO. IS
ENTITLED TO THE PATNAGE OF
HE LA GRANDE COMMUNITY."
"The L. & L. Drug Co. has accom
modated the people of La Grande for
many years. By their type of servlA.
great or small, the full and complete
confidence ijf the people has been ob
tained. "Prescrlptlonjof the finest quality
are filled promptly and efficiently
and while you are waiting, you vnay
enjoy a refreshing soda at their foun-
liin or read a magazine and rest.
i "All whn trail ( at th "L. L"
know they give more for your money
and that all merchandise is of un
surpassed quality, fairly priced.
(Signed) NEVA STEIN."
NEWSPAPER
Retain
Blues, Singer
Seeks Divorce
The harmony in the musical
family of Winnie Shaw, above,
Broadway blues singer,- and
her husband, Lee Cummins, or
chestra leader, has struck a
discordant note. She's suing
Cummins for divorce, charging
lion-support, desertion and
cruelty. )
WEATHER HERE IS
LIKE EARLY FALL
Weather like that of late September
continued to provaiL In Union county
today, as reports came in of snow and
rain in highlands over part of Cen
tral and Western Oregon.
A tenth of an inch of rain fell here
yesterday, the third day of pfeclpita
tlon, and this morning found the sky
overcast with a hint of more rain.
Thunderstorms which occurred Wed
nesday and Thursday eased up yes
terday and last night.
Friday's maximum temperature of
60 abovo madft It the coolest day
since June, although the minimum
lost night of 49 above was two de
grees warmer than the cool mark for
July, 47 above.
(Continued on Page Six
FINISH TERM
AT UNIVERSITY
The Misses Theresa andp Anne Gietl
huber havo returned to their home
at La Grande after completing the
six weeks' summer session at the
University of Oregon. Before return
ing to La Grande they spent a few
days at Newport Beoch and visiting
friends at Portland,
iilllWll iiIiiIHIIj V ii'S
Grant
tootling
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1933
Fish Hatchery At Union
BLUE EAGLE
LIST GROWS
TO 168 HERE
Twelve More Sign Presi
dent's Employment
Agreement in La Grande
AUTOMOTIVE MEN
OF COUNTY MEET
Association is Formed and
Officers Elected; Ore
gon State Code is Taken
For Study.
The list or business places In Iji
Grande displaying Blue rubles con
tinued to grow today, with 12 more
signing since yesterday afternoon,
bringing the total to 1G8.
In the meantime, throughout the
city several other businesses were
working on necessary adjustments
that would permit them to sign the
president's employment agreement,
or were awaiting interpretations from
Washington on certain questions per
taining to their work.
Automotive Men Meet
Friday night approximately 75
automotive dealers of Union county
met In the Sacajawea Inn and or
ganized the Union County Automo
tive Trade association. M. J. Goss, of
La OrrHttde was elected preside,'
and N. W. Frees, of La Grande, secretary-treasurer.
Both of these offi
cials wtll (servo on; the executive
committee, other members of which
are: G. I. Hess, Union; Dave Cook,
North Powder; E. C. Gettlngs, Elgin;
Ray Lay, Cove; Foster Sims, Jack
Brandt, Foy Farnam, J. F. Heasty,
Walter LaDusiro and Curtis Sine, all
of La Grande.
The executive committee soon will
call a meeting to draw up by-laws to
be submitted to a meeting of the
association for adoption. During the
meeting last night a code of fair
practice In keeping with the N. B. A.
plan was discussed as it pertains to
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ODD FELLOWS
INITIATE ONE
H. W. Guthrie received the initia
tory degree of the Odd Fellows lodge
last night at the I. O. O. F. hall.
Next Friday evening he and other
initiates will be given the first de
greo and since It is one of the most
impressive degrees In Odd Fellowship
a large group is expected to attend.
PREPAREDNESS
Freight Rate Reduction
PACT
Sentinels of Man and Nature
8 MTrX
Watchful nnd on guard, like sentinels at the northwestern cornor
jot the United Slates, two of tlio great men-of-war of the float ride
jat anchor In Seattle harbor, with mojostlc Mount Rainier looking
A' - down upon them from the distance behind the city.
ACCUSE MAN OF
PLACING BOMBS
j IN WALL STREET
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 VP) Eugene S.
Dantell Jr., of Somervllle, Mass., was
placed under arrest today on a charge
of placing the tear gas bombs that
resulted In the closing or the New
York stock exchange yesterday.
Daniell was picked up by bomb
squad detectives In a mid-town hotel,
lie Is 26 years old and gave his ad
diress as Somervllle. .
The tear gas bombs were placed
in the ventilator Intakes In the stock
exchange building yesterday and
flooded the trading floor of the ex
change with fumes that drove brok
ers and stock exchange attaches to
the streets for air.
Daniell was charged with malicious
mischief as a felony, because the
damage caused by the bombs exceed
ed the misdemeanor allowance.
Inspector John A. Lyons said that
Daniell, under questioning, admitted
ho was the man who placed a pack
age believed for a time to contain a
bomb on the steps of the home of
Mayor James M. Curlcy, of Boston,
'recently.
In 1932 he ran for president as
(Continued on Pago Two)
MEMBER ASSOCIATED
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PETITION FOR
LOWERRATES
Opinion Holds Existing
Charges "Not Shown
to be Unreasonable"
WASHINGTON, Aug. fi (fP) The
Interstate, commerce commission to
day refused to grant a. general reduc
tion In railroad freight rates.
The commission held that existing
freight rates and charges, In the ag
gregate, "are not Bhown to bo un
reasonable." The action was on a petition filed
several months ago by the National
Grange, American Farm Bureau Fed
oration, Farmers' Co-operative union,
National Coal association and the Na
tional Lumbermen's association. Other
organizations later Joined In the re
quest. The petition was part of a cam
paign by basic industries to bring
freight rates down to what they re
gard as the general level of prices.
It asserted all other costs of doing
business had come down, tout that
freight rates remained at the pros
perity level.
On the other hand, the railroads
asserted. If rates were slashed many
of them could not meet their Interest
and rental payments and some would
bo forced to bankruptcy.
The roads contended even with the
freight bill surcharges autliorlned by
(Continued on Pago Two
LINDBERGHS FIRST
TO MAKE CROSSING
SCORESBY SOUND, East Orocn
lnntl, Auk. 5 Ml Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh landed hero thin morning
from Hulfitcnborg, the first man to
mako the dangerous crossing of
Orecnland by air from west to east.
The American airman, who Is mak
ing an aerial Burvey of the North
Atlantic area, Intends to remain
thrco days In this, the youngest Dan
ish colony in Greenland. All the in
habitants, Including the sheriff, are
Eskimos, with a single exception.
Colonel Lindbergh plans later to
fly to Akureyrl, on the northern
coast of Iceland.
Wheat Today j
CHICAGO, Aug. 6 W Decidedly
mixed sentiment provnllcd among
wheat traders today, but buyers were
In a majority at the last, nnd the
market closed higher.
Lock of a broad n)eculatlvo inter
est was largely repponslblo for rap
idly shLfMng wheat fluctuations. At
no time, however, did prices of any
grain threaten to drop moro than
minimum limits, and thero was fair
buying support on all setbacks.
Wheat cloned unsettled, c
above yesterday's finish, corn w
lcup, onts ftattc advanced, and
provisions varying from V centn dc
cllno to a ris of 10 cents.
yr ... I
J
J
PRESS AND A. B. C.
APFttOIEB
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
EX-CHAMPION 18 KIIXEI)
."
FRUIT DISTRICT FLOODED ;
HULL KtSTUKNS TO V, S.
FEItltEKA LEAKING MILIAR
MARSHFIKLD, Wis., Aug. 5 W)
Special Police Officer Fred Beeil, f7,
former world's middleweight wrest
ling champion, was shot und killed
early toduy when ho and another of
ficer Interrupted an attempted ma
chlno gun robbery at the MurHhfleltl
Brewery company. The four robbers
got $'4500 In beer stamps and ei
caped. " ' '
YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 5 (P) The
loss from- a two-foot wall of water
which rushed down a small canyon
In the Pomona district, after on
hour's hailstorm and a heavy rain,
was confined today mostly to dam
age to fruit crops, as few houses are
found In the area, ,
NKW YORK, Aug. ti (0 Secretary
of State Cordell Hull returned from
London today and went Immediately
to Hyde Park to see President Roose
velt, with no Intention of resigning
now or hereafter." The world's con
ference, despite any confused reports
about Its status," he suld, "Is still
allvu and has a thoroughly virile and
comprehensive organization to direct
Its affairs during the recess period,"
EASTMORELAND Municipal Links,
Portland, Ore., Aug. 6 Wi Charles
Ferrera, of San FranclBco, pushed Into
the lead for the national public links
golf championship today when he
gained two holes on Robert Lee Mil
ler, of Jacksonville, Fla... defending
tltlist, on tho first nine holes of
their-3-hole match. ' : ' V
SALEM, Aug. 6 (P) Branch banks
do not constitute national or state
banks under the Oregon statutes and
therefore moro than one branch bank
can be located! In any Oregon city
as provided by the 1033 legislature.
Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle
ruled today. . ' 1 ..
FRENCH FLIERS
ARE ATTEMPTING
TO BREAK MARK
BROOKLYN, N Y., Aug. 5 (ff) A
transatlantic flight "to nowhere" be
gan today when Lloutenant Maurico
Rossi nnd Paul Codos, French avia
tors, took, oil from Floyd Bennett
field thU morning In an attempt to
set a distance record.
They planned to cross the ocean by
way of Newfoundland and tho groat
circlo routo and then "Just keep go
ing." Persia, Africa, or Russia may
bo their landing place, they indicat
ed, but they would prefer to land in
Karachi, India. Tholr direction alter
reaching the ticllly Islands, off the
English coast, will be determined by
weather. They had 1770 gallons of
gasoline and an elaborate supply of
food, - ' .
The record they seek to smash Is
6,304 miles, set last February by
Squadron Leader Oswald R. OayXord
and Flight Lieutenant Ollbcrt E.
(Continued on Page Two)
PLAN ABOLITION
CUT RATE DRUGS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 (P)
Abolition of cut rate drugs and i
48-hour week for the retail drug in
dustry are provided In a code sent
to the national recovery admlnlstra
tlon In Washington by the American
Pharmacists' association, a national
organization of employe1 pharmacists
with headquarters In San Francisco,
The code propones minimum wages
of 55 a week for registered pharma
cists, $40 for assistant pharmacists,
$25 for men clerks and $22.flO for
women clerks. Employment of sales
people under IB yenrB old Is forbid
den. The code specifies that medicines,
drugs and drug sundries be Bold only
at tho stamped price or at a price
33 per cent ,ab the wholesale
listing.
INQUIRING REPORTER !
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two penon j
I will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked soma , j
question or the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C, M. Wight I
I each interviewed will be granted two caipllmentary tickets to tho
I l.llMrly Tluiiirr. Tlic rt'eiit attnictlou I sluurt Krwln In "Under.
The Tonto Win." ' I
"What Is , the greatest adventure
you would like to havo," was the
question asked by the Inquiring re
porter today.
Mr. D. W. Minolta, 170554 Adams
Only Newspaper , J
Printed in La Grande J
Covering Union and t
- Wallowa Counties J
NUMBER 285
ROOSEVELTS
0.1 IS GIVEN
TO DOCUMENT
Industry and Labor Join
in Unprecedented Effort
to End Disputes.'
ADMINISTRATION :
BOARD IS NAMED
Action Follows on Heels
of; General . Johnson's
Action Taken to Settle
Big Coal Strike. V
IIYUE VAH&, N .Y., Aug. 8 .
PTCHident Koosevelf today approved a
Joint declaration for Industrial peace
proposed to hint by leaders of Indus- ,
try und labor In an unprecedented ef
fort to end disputes. He promptly ,
appointed a board of seven headed by
Senator Wagner (D N. Y.) a labor
authority, to administer the national
peace effort, ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 W The
Industrial and labor advisory boards
to tho recovery aU ministration united
today In a vivid appeal for peace be
tween labor and capital to enhance
the great national effort for economic
reluiblUtutlon. . . . - - .
On the heels of the enthusiastic
endorsement, given their movo '-w
President Roosevelt from Hyde Park,
N. Y the call about' which be bad
been Informed was Issued as signed
by William Green, president ox the
American ederaldhof lator; Wa! :
ter C, Teagle, president of the Stand- : .
ard Oil company of New Jersey, ant
other nationally known, spokesmen .
for groups hitherto often at conflict.
Preparation of the appeal was con -mented
on by Hugh S. Johnson, the
Industrial administrator, on 3ns i
turn here by air from his conference
lost night with Mr. Roosevelt at Hyde
Park. He said the text would be is
sued before long. '
Squarely Up To Both
Supplementing the. appointment by
the president at Hyde Park of an
"Industrial relations iboard," the ap
peal Is directed squarely at both em
ployers and workers by their, own
chosen spokesmen.
Johnson, whose determined tactics
drove through the agreement to set
tle the coal ctrlke, described the ac
tion of tho two boards as the most
significant since Samuel Qompera Is
sued his demand during the troubled
war days calling upon labor not' to
strike during tho period of national
emergency. .
The board appointed by the presi
dent to arbitrate oapltal-labor differ
ences Is expected to organize at a
meeting hero Monday.
(Continued on Page Six)
Balloon Flight
To Stratosphere
Ends In Failure
CHICAGO, Aug. B Ifl Man1
latest attempt to pierce the eurth'a
atmosphere at a greator height than
over toeloro endod abruptly early thin
morning when Lieutenant Command
or T. Q. W. Sottle came to earth In
a Chicago railroad yards. A leaky top
valve was blamed.
The huge balloon, "The Century of
Progress" In which the commander
hoped to break existing altitude rec
ords and obtain valuablo adentlllo
data heretofore unknown to man,
descended within about ton minute
after the hop-off at Soldier field.
Lieut. Commander Settle was not)
Injured, and the balloon which had
risen to a holght of approximately
5,000 feet was apparently not seriously
damaged.
PIERCES ARE
IN WALLOWA CO.
Hcprcsentatlve and Mrs. Walter M.
Pierce are attending a meeting of
the Pomona grange in Wallowa coun
ty today and tomorrow they plan
to visit the Imnaha camp of the
C. C. C.
Ave., says, "I would like to go to
Africa with Martin Johnson to hunt
big game." '
Laurence Fillmore, 803 Jefferson
St., said, "I would' like to hitchhike
to Chicago to tho world's fair," '