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Wheat Hardest Resumed Over Valley After 3-Day Halt La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" Only Newspater Printed in La Grande : Covering Union and Wallowa Counties I ail VOLUME 31 KASTKItN" OIIEGON'S LEADING KEW8PAFBB LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED I'KESS AND A. B. C. NUMBER 287 DISCI KANSORH MONEY LOCATED ' Wants Everybody ' ; NEW WARNING IS ISSUED BY GEN. JOHNSON ' Check in La Grande This Afternoon Reveals Total Signers Here1 185. POST-OFFICE OUT . OF N. R. A. INSIGNIA - Forced to Send to Port land For New Supply of Stickers; Beauty Shops Here Sign Code. To employers the country over went today an Indirect lint renewed warning that Hugh 8. Johnson; na tional administrator, wants everybody under the Blue Eagle In two weeks time. And at 1 o'clock this after noon the total of La Grande signers of the president's employment agree ment has Increased to 185, a gain of five In the last. 34 hours. Today marked the- first or the second week since distribution of the Bine. Eagles was start oil and the local post office has been forced to send to Portland for a new supply of Insignia. Portland-also. Is out. of Insjgnla, hut a new shipment Is en route. Word from Washington toc'jay said that Johnson hns appointed a spe cial Hoard to consider and speed temporary application of the many pending, codes that fix minimum wages and minimum hours for as many trades. When, the two weeks time has expired, the administrator now plans a concerted appeal for consumers to buy only from the mon (Continued on Page Three) Request Return Of Rev. Hertzog To Church Here By a unanimous vote of the mem bers of the quarterly conference In session last evening, Dr. C. A. Mc Calllster, district superintendent was requested to return Rev. W. H. Hert zog to the pastorate of the First Methodist Episcopal church of La Grande for another year's work. The request will be presented to Bishop Titus Lowe, who Will toe the presid ing officer at the approaching session of the conference which convenes August 31 at Rupert, Ida. Mr, Hertzog came to La Grande 1 from Salem somothing over three years ago to fill -the pastorate left vacant by the death of the late Rev. Vernon E, Hail. Prior to that time he had been a member or the faculty of Willamette unlversLty, connected especially with the Kimball School of Theology which had been discontinu ed a short time prior to his appoint ment to La Grande. In addition to this piece of busi ness, the reports of the work done by the several societies during the year which Is about to close, were presented. Each organization was found to be In an exceptionally good condition, with increased member -, ships In all Instances, and also In creased interest and activity. VEDA HOGENSEN GIVEN SCHOOL Miss Vccta Hogenscn, of La Grande, has been elected to teach the inter mediate grades at Pondosa for the coming year. Sho Is a graduate of the Eastern Oregon Normal school. 95 PCT. POPULATION HERE BORN IN U. S. ; What percentage of Union county's , population is of native white paren tage? What percentage is negro? How many foreign born whites? The population of Union county stands at 17.492, according to latest accurate figures, and of this total ap proximately 80 per cent is white and of native white parentage. In other words, four out of every five in Un- Ion county were born Americans and are of white parentage. Going a bit further Into the statis tics, one finds that nearly 95 per cent of Union county's population is either of native whit parentage or of for eign or mixed white parentage. The WILL ROGERS r$gys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Aug. 7 Cordell Hull, a mighty able man, ar rived and told Roosevelt what the London conference had done. That took the first five minutes. Then he told Roosevelt what could have been done If the nations had really wanted to do something. That took hours. Mr. Roosevolt and Mr. Moley are trying to discourage the kidnapers. When Missouri hangs that one that they sentenced, It's going to be tcrT riblo discouragement to one of 'em. This Oklahoma boy, Johnson, that's running this NRA, you hotter not monkey with him. He is hard-boiled, and Is liable to make you do what you are supposed to do. Yours, LEGIONNAIRES TO LEAVE TODAY FOR STATE CONVENTION Delegates, members of the drum corps and others of the American Le gion and auxiliary will leave late this afternoon lor the annual conclave of the veterans' at Klamath Palls. La Grande will make a bid for the 1934 convention for which the legion al ready has obtained the backing of local merchants. .., The American Lepjon rum corpd, which ranked high oowi m tne na tional and state! competition In 1D&J. will participate in the state drunv corps contest. The corps has 'been among the leaders In the annual state contest for many years. Before leaving for the convention, legion leaders suid It was almost cer tain that a $'2500 fund for entertain ment of the 1934 convention would bo underwritten by local business people. JULY FIRE LOSS IN LA GRANDE AT FIGURE OF $793 During the month of July fire loss in La Grnnde amounted to only $793. 07 and or that loss, $783.07 was pro tected by insurance, all of which has been collected, according to Fire Chief O. T. Lindsay. ' Nine fires were answered and of this number, one was ibelleved to be in cendiary. One was caused by an open flro and seven by rubbish and sparks. A total of $6625 worth of property ,ra nf 1-lctr rill rl II IT tYin mnnt.Vl y' Of the nine fire calls, four were answered on silent alarms. ML EMILY REFUGE 1 WILL BE POSTED Signs, warning campers and hikers against the carrying or use of fire arms in the Mt. Emily game reserve, will be posted in the very near future. Frank B. Wire, of Portland, state game commissioner, and Ralph Cow gill, engineer for the commission, wero here yesterday to go over the posting of signs. The Mt. Emily game reserve was created in the last session of the legislature, making It illegal to hunt or carry firearms there. word "mixed" In this sense applies to marriages between foreign and na tive born whites, all citizens of Am erica. Of the total population, those white people who were born In foreign countries amounts to only a little more than four per cent. The negro population of Union county la only about two-tenths of one per cent. , Here are the figures: Total population 17,492. Color: white 17,373; negro 41, Native white 16,516. Native parentage 13,935. Foreign or mixed parentage but na tivo born 3.581. Foreign born white 856, Under Blue Eagle In Two Weeks : ; Heads U.S.Power Commission Prank II. McNinch. above, who lias been a Democratic member, of Hie Federal Power Commis sion since Jan 1, 1031, is tho commission'!! new chairman, succeeding (Jcorgo: Qtls Smith, Republican, who fastened the (posl but will remain on the , commission. - GUARDSMEN WILL i DO THEIR PART IN BALANCING BUDGET Members of tho national guard, do ing their bit for national recovery, will drill 48 times during the fiscal year starting July 1, 1933 but will receive pay for only 36 drills. This was the word passed out to tho members of Company E, lBGth (Continued On Page Five) MERCURY UP TO 95 ABOVE HERE MONDAY The weatherman's prediction yes terday morning that temperatures in Eastern Oregon would be above nor mal, were borne out in La Grande when a maximum of 95 above was chalked up late Monday. It was the first above normal weather since be fore the storms of last week. The minimum for last night was 63 above and at 7 o'clock this morn ing the mercury stood at 75 above, in spite of partly cloudy skies; The weather forecast for tonight and Wednesday is for partly, cioudy skies in Eastern Oregon, with local afternoon thunderstorms In the mountains, and temperatures gener ally above normal. When Summer Collapse of Casticwood Dam loosed a heavy flow of water upon Denver and Cherry dreek valley causing $1,000,000 property dam age, stalling traffic, menacing bridges and flooding some Den ver streets before it subsided. Above, the flood pounding Broad way bridge. Seventh and Broad way, Denver. Below, an air view of Casticwood Dam, showing the destruction there. v ... 'aw. fan-: kJkmim FALL WHEAT HARVEST ON FULL BLAST Spring-Sown Crop Will be Ready Within Another Week, is Report. LAST WEEK'S RAIN RESULTED IN HALT Harvesting Resumed in Union County Yester day at Noon ; No Esti mate on Total Yield Yet Harvesting or Union county's crop nf fall wheat, Just becoming general tho miiliUe of last week, started full blast yesterday at noon, after a three day halt due to wet weather. Clearing skies Sunday and warm weather the last two days allowed the grain grow ers to again begin to take In their yield. No estimates as. to the extent of the Union county crop are available as yet, but within a week or so, enough Information will be available to determine the approximate yield. Most all of the fall wheat is ready for harvest now, and the spring wheat harvest Is to begin in another week, it is reported. , Up In the North Powder section, a bit removed from the Grande Rondo valley, , harvest also is under , way, where It Is.: said that the long, -hp (Continued on Pago Flvoi Rotarians And Lions To Meet At Kitten Ball According to rumors floating around La Grande the greatest "Ctvlc Upheaval" since some 2 exhilarated citizens peremptorily transferred the Union county courthouse to La Grande in the days when men wore hair on their chests, and women wore bustles will take place at the High school athletic field next Monday afternoon, Aug. 14, when the Lions club and Rotary club tangle bats In what Is purported to bo a scheduled kitten bull game. Two weeks ago the Lions club, In a somewhat reckless mood, hurled the defy to the Rotarians. Two or three days later the Rotarians, with blood skittering through their ar teries, replied with a packet of fixes wrapped In snake skins, The war was on! I The Lions, none too gentle when their' ire Is on the up and up, and. (Continued on Pago Two Flood Invaded L,.., .. SSf 1 jMt I ifeS j lit Sfwel FRENCH FLIERS X 4Jt ? ' 4 ; 'Two Frenchmen, Maurice Hossl, left, und 111111 Codos set a new -11011-Ktop long- distance night record from the United State to .. Jtayuk, Syria yesterday, landing nftcr flying .aliout 51)00 mil. The above picture was taken at Floyd Bennett airport, New York, where .they were testing their cabin monoplane, Joseph Lcltrlx, pletuml .'; below. ITALIAN BIRDMEN COMPLETE FLIGHT TO HORTA, AZORES HORTA, Azores, Aug. 8 (P) Gen eral Italo Balbo's Itnllan air armada of 24 seaplanes successfull 'com pleted tofpy the longest hop of their long Journey from Rome to Chicago and back again. The general lea nls snips from Shoal Harbor,, Newfoundland, to the Azores, where he and his men re ceived an unparalleled welcome. At Horta, where nlno of the squadron alighted, thousands of persons were out to see the filers. They greeted the Italians with rockets and sirens. The breakwater and the quay were massed with blue hydrangeas. The other 15 ships of the armada were provided! with landing places at Ponta Dclgada on San Miguel Island. POLISH I LILICS CRASH HARBOR GRACE, N. F., Aug. 8 P) The polish-American fliers, Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz and Emll Blr gon, escaped serious Injury when their monoplane ''.White Eagle" crack ed up In a landing hero this after noon, Joseph Adamowicz suffered an cl- f Continued on Page Flve Denver Streets BREAK RECORD GROCERS AND ACCEPT CODE Maximum Hours of Labor and Minimum Wages Are Fixed Definitely. WASIIIM1TOX, Aug. 8 (P) Oro ccnt and retallrrs, under fair prac- (Irc codes siihinltleit to the NRA, luive agreed to regulatluiiH for their Industries for the purpose or Indus trial recovery. Maximum hours of labor and mint mum rates of pay for employes def initely are fixed. Here is what Is expected of those engaged In food and grocory distri bution trade: Maximum hours of labor shall be 48 hours per week. No one shall be employed more than eight hours In any 24-hour poriod, excepting on the day preceding a legal holiday andt on an additional 12 days (when tho max imum hours In any one day shall not exceed 10 hours) In any six month porlod. In tho presidential agreement, the minimum hours of any store which customarily operate more than 62 hours were set at 62 hours. The average number of hours In which retail grocers were open was said by their national commit teo to be 73. Contending to shorten hours might lose business, tho grocers wero al lowed a 48-hour work week for em ployes. NRA officials, however, have ex plained If store hours arc reduced by agreement to below 63, tho reemploy ment which Is anticipated through the allowance of the 48 hour work week will not be obtained, and1 the understanding upon which the food and grocery distributors and the re tall codes were based will not have been carried out. (Jrocers Warned Tho NRA orrinlnls have warned re tail grocers against making Joint agreements to shorten store hours. (Continued on Page Two) Wheat Today CHICAGO. Aug. 8 (P) Grain val ues crumbled Into today, Influenced by sympathy with cotton market weakness and becauso of increased hedging sales of wheat at Winnipeg. A rally, however, ensued at tho fin Ish and left the market a trlflo above yesterday. Late declines of grains took place not wl thstand I ng an earner ad vnnce that accompanied reports President Roosevelt and economic advisors were to dlAcusa the commodity dollar. Vol ume of grain trading was somewhat larger than yesterday, and until near tho clone the prevailing sentiment was less pcmlmlstlo. Whoat closed nervous, 14 c off to c up compared with yesterday'!? finish, corn unchanged to c down, oata at 140 decline to o advance, and pro visions showing 7. to 20c setback. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME SIGNIFICANT CONFERENCE CUBAN MEDIATION CONTINUES ROAD COMMISSION MEETS ... SEEK ALLEGED KIDNAPER. HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 8 (P) President Roosevelt discussed the do mestic and Inter national moneUtry problem In a significant conference today with. Ms experts, but the meet ing was offlcUilly described as un related either to stabllixuUon of the dollar or Inflation, HAVANA, Aug. B (P) 'United States Ambassador Sumner Wolles, who is seeking, to end Cuba's political tur moil, which resulted yesterday In a casualty list of 21 dead and 130 wounded in street demonstrations, de clared after a lone Interview with President Mac had o today that "mediation is not ended." PORTLAND, Aug. 8 (P) Cost or completion of the north and south Kant lain highways will range from $2,560,04)0 to $2,030,000 predicated up on abandonment or the railroad af reetlng the North Kuutlum, the state highway cwiuiiHsnIou announced liere today. The meeting, called to con sider road matters, almost turned In to a mining congress when A. D. Coulter, of Baker, urged Improve ment of rivo miles of highway be tween Carson and Cornucopia In or der to bring out gold ore for deliver' to the smelter In 'J'aconut, ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 8 P) Dis trict Attorney John T. Delanoy an nounced today a warrant had toeen Issued for arrest of Mannoy Strowl charging him with tho kidnaping of Llout. John J. O'Oonnell Jr. Strowl acted -as go-ibotwoon In dell very log tUo $40,000 ransom, monoy and. ar ranging for ounjr O'Connoll's release. ' NEW YORK, Aug. H (T) Eligcno S, Duulell Jr., Boston lawyer aouused of placing two tear gas bombs In the stock exchange last Friday and mus ing' employes to flco from the build ing, was Indicted today for malicious mischief, a felony. CHILDREN SWEPT TO SEA BY WAVE; ONE KNOWN DEAD NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (P) At least one child was drowned and six wore missing today after a big wave swept a large group of children off of a sandbar at Rockaway Beach, Queens. The children caught by the wave and carried to the sea by Its under two wore part of a picnic party of 100 from tho Pride of Judca orphans home In Brooklyn. About a scoro of children wore on the sandbar. Thlrtoon were dragged quickly from the water, all suffering from submersion. Four wero sent to a hospital and lnhalators were ap plied to tho other nlno on tho beach, to at least ono of them In vain. Tho dead was Ray Evans, 10. In counting six of tho children missing, the police said they did not (Continued on Tngo Six) 20,000 MINERS TO RETURNTOWORK Ity Mil r he it Oral mm UNIONTOWN. Pa., Aug. 8 (ff) More than 100 ihcadn of United Mine Workers locals, representing about 20,000 miners voted unanimously to day to return to work in tho soft coal fields of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Tho action was takon In a rising voto after Edward F. McOrady, labor advisor of the national recovory ad ministration, delivered a stirring ap peal to tho mon to support President Roosevelt's recovery program. .McOrady flew to tho coal fields from Washington at request of Gen eral Hugh 8. Johnson, recovery administrator. j INQUIRING REPORTER I I Each day an the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two person! j j will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some I i (locution or the day. Throutfh the courtesy of Manager C. M. WlRht j I fjii-h lntirvl(wfri will hn minted two com 11 men tar v tickets to the J Liberty Theatre. The rnrrent ntlrnrtlon Is Frederic March and Cory s I (irnnl in "The Eagle and the Hawk.' J "Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glascss." According to Dorothy Parker. That nroblem has been solved for the sex by the Invention of "contact glasses" In Germany, One pnlr hns entered the United States and photographs re von I tho glasses to be conical pieces of glass, ground to the proper de NARKED CASH DISCOVERED BY BANKERS Several AiTestS. Made in Minneapolis -'Group .,. Held Incommunicado ! STACY ARRESTED BY U. S. OFFICERS Held in Chicago as the Man Who Plotted At tempted D e 1 iv e r y of Frank Nash in K. C. By Tlie Associated Press - Two ilovcUopniento In the crime Kitimtlon today were In favor ot law enforcement officials. Part of the Urs chel ransom 'money was discovered In Minneapolis and several arrests made, -and In Chicago federal authorities wero holding a man they sold plotted the attempted delivery of Frank Nash, convict, at the Kansas City union sta tion recently. MINNEAPOUS, Aug. 8 P Fart of the ransom money paid kidnapers for the release of Charles F. Urachal, Oklahoma City oil millionaire, has been discovered In a Minneapolis bank, federal Investigators sold, today. Reports as to tho number of men held Incommunicado In connection . with the finding of tho money varied , from three to five.; r v Bank officials Identified that part of the currency that passed, through their hands as part of tho Urachal . ransom by sortal numbers on the Bills. Ursohol, 40. oil millionaire, -was freed toy -Ms kWimpere-Juiy CHICAGO, Aug. 8 m Federal authorities announced today they were holding Louis (Doc) Stacy ha the man who plotted tho attempted de-. livery of Frank Nash, a convict, at the Kansas City union station recent ly and that they had learned! the Identity of the gunmen who killed -five persons In the attempt. Melvln H. Purvis, chief of . tho United States Iburoau of investigation here, named Verao Miller, notorious South Dakota outlaw, as one of. the gunmen who killed Nash, and four po lice officers In a wild shooting fray at tho union station in Kansas City. (Continued on Page Throo)- Oregon Is 14th State To Ratify 21st Amendment ralem. ' Auk. 8 VP) Yesterday 'Oregon became tho 14th stato to for mally ratify tho aiBt amonamenc, which calls for repeal of the 18th amendment to the federal constitu tion. Tho voto was 110 yos, flvo no, and one absent. Organization of tho convention and vollnir rcaulrod only two hours and seven minutes, 44 minutes under the previous short repeal convention rec ord set by Massachusetts. Tho official certificate setting out tho action of tho convention was duly signed, filed with tho secretary, of stato's office, and today forwarded to the secretary of stato In Washing ton. On July 21 Oregon became the 20th stato to vote In favor of prohibition repeal. The voto was 138,713 yes to 72,854 no. A onc-mlnutc time limitation on speech from tho floor accelerated, the convention. Following the roll .call on tho repeal voto, a resolution to outlaw tho saloon In Oregon and calling for tho state legislature to so enact was dcfcatcclj. . t BARBER SHOP IN NEW ROOMS . i The Oregon Troll Barter shop has mover! across Adams avenue from Its old location to tho Lottos building, It was annouueed today. gree, that fit Just over tho eyo ball. Miss Mae Stearns, 1010 Oak street, say.$ "At least you would not get your bows knocked crooked every time you bump your head." Miss Wllma Smith, 109V4 Depot. Is apparently from Missouri and will have to be shown, her reply being, "For crying out loud, It sound fool ish to me." '.'..' . . i
