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VOLUME 31
EASTKUN OHEdON'a LKADINO NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1933
MEMIIRR ASSOCIATED I'HKSS AND A. II.-C.
NUMBER 298
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ACCIDENT AT
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TOD. JACKSON
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,ms-ia ui'anae man, at, uies
H in Ambulance En Route
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A FUNERAL SERVICES
if TO BE HELD HERE
Loosened Chains Over
Logs on Truck and They
Rolled Onto Him Before
He Could Escape.
Iextcr Jackson, 37-yeiir-oIil veteran
of the world war, of Iak Grande, was
fatally Injured at Ifaitcs, Ore., Satur
day morning while unloading logs
from u truck onto the docks nt the
Oregon Lumher company sawmill. Mr.
Jackson, a contract hauler, died In
an ambulance en mute to linker
ubout four hours later.
He is said to have loosened the
chains over the logs on the truck
preparatory to unloading them and
they rolled over him before ho was
able to Jump to safety. He had been
working for the company for two
weeks.
Mr. Jackson, - who was born in
Alabama July 13, 1896, had lived in
Oregon for sl years and spent five
years of that time in La Grande. He
served with the 10th Texas cavalry
on the Mexican border during the
World war.
The La Grande man was married
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Sunday Coolest
Day Since Last
June; High 67
That long promised relief from a
heat wave that gripped La Grande
most of last week, began to arrive
here Saturday when the maximum
temperature went no higher than 81,
and It arrived with a bang Sunday,
which saw the minimum 48 above
and the maximum 67 the coolest
day since last June.
This morning's minimum was 47
above, the coolest since July 31, but
the sky was clear and all indications
pointed to a much warmer day than
yesterday, with the maximum likely
to be In the 80s.
Yesterday's weather, although a
little too cool to suit most people,
was generally welcomed by grouse
hunters who opened the season In
Union, Wallowa and Baker counties.
Many of them came back empty
hane'ed, some shot a few birds, and
a few returned with limit bags, ac
cording to reports today.
The grouse season will remain open
until the first day of the deer season.
GUARD DRILL
THIS EVENING
Company E, 18th Infantry of La
Grande, will hold Its weekly drill to
night at the armory at 7:30 o'clock.
Private Elwood Combs, of Company
P, of Baker, has transferred to the
La Granc'te unit, effective this month,
it was announced by Captain Walter
A. Bean.
MERCHANTS FACING
A LOT OF VlGURING
Pity the poor merchant as he strug
gles with his cotton goods taxi
Making out Income taxes used to
be considered tough, but It's noth
ing compared to the newest wrinkle
In Uncle Sam's revenue scheme.
And you must know how to figure,
particularly In decimals. If decimals
always was your bugaboo, then you
can realize fully the worries and
figuring ahead beginning Sept. 1,
when tho processing tax on cotton
and a floor tax on various articles
produced wholly or In chief value
from cotton goes Into effect.
Charles Graham, of the L. & L.
drug store, learned that a lot of
his articles had cotton content when
he received the long list of cotton
articles from the treasury depart
ment. Interviewing Mr. Graham to
day, an Observer reporter was as
tounded at the uses to which cotton
Is put. Of course, all of the mer
chants who deal In clothing will
Shop Tomorrow-
WILL
ROGERS
CHICAGO, Aug. 20 My friend
Johnson, the code man, was going too
fast for me so I left him. His code for
himself and staff Is 35 hours (not a
week, but a day). If he ever goes to
sleep he won't wake up till Xmas.
He is the best one happened. In
Washington.
All the big oil men, of course, were
there, and, that, of course, meant a
big poker game. Any time two oil
men meet they don't open a filling
station they open a poker game.
Then an oil man never travels with
out his big lawyer. Then in another
room the lawyers have a crap game.
In the poker game for the first
time It was all cash on the table,
no checks. They dildn't trust each
other that's their new code. The
lawyers used their same old code of
cash. They had never trusted each
other. Yours
P. S. Now for the big polo game
to watch the west take the east, like
Huey Long took Louisiana.
9 Mil. MM,M bl 1
BOYS' CAMP
ATWALLOWA:
ENDSSUNDAY
Closing Ceremony at
Camp Saturday Night;,
Many Receive Awards.;
The Boys' camp nt Wullona I,ukc
closed Sunday morning after a sue-,
cejwfut .period,, after a closing :rtu-!
iminy Saturday night Willi a .his
nunpflrc. At this time prizes were
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0. S. C. GROUP TO
SPEAK AT ROTARY
Lon Stlner, football coach; Amory
Gill, basketball coach, Carl Lodcll,
athletic director, and Ed Allworth,
alumni secretary, all of Oregon State
college, who will visit Eastern Oregon
this week, will appear on the Rotary
club program Wednesday noon at the
La Grande hotel, it was announced
today.
It is expected that each of the
quartet will speak. They will be
guests at a 7 o'clock informal dinner
Wednesday night at the Sacajawea
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BUILDING PERMIT
TOTAL $36,003
Only one building permit was Is
sued here last week, according to the
city recorder-treasurer, but it was
sufficient to bring the 1933 total to
the $36,000 marke.
N. E. Fallow took out a building
permit to alter anO repair his home
and store on Second street between
Y ond Z avenues, the work to cost
$100.
The total now stands at $36,003.
have plenty of figuring to do on the
tax, and anytime after Sept. 1 you
see a worried merchant over in a
corner, apparently drawing pictures
nearby, a wrinkled brow and pos
sibly muttering to himself, you can
figure It's a 10 to 1 bet he's doping
out his cotton tax.
In connection with the floor tax,
It also Is necessary to make an in
ventory of their stocks at the close
of business on the 30th day after
the effective date. It must show
the total weight on hand at the
close of business Aug. 31 (which
means another inventory), the total
weight received), the total gross
weight of taxable articles, weight
of buttons, sizing and non-cotton
materials, and total taxable cotton
content. It'll be a new kind of in
ventory, no foolin'l
Cotton rags, second-hand cotton
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Held as Plotter
Of 'Massacre'
Named by the government as
the plotter ot the Kansas City
Union Station massacre in which
four ofllcers and a convict were
killed, Loula Stacy, Melrose
Park, 111., roadhouse operator,
Is shown as he was arraigned
before a U. S. commissioner in
Chicago on charges of com
plicity in the crime. A hearing
on A warrant for his removal to
Kansas City will be held
- Aug. 22.
MOVE EQUIPMENT
TO HIGH SCHOOL
WORK NEAR END
Equipment is being moved Into the
High school building from the Central
school where It has been stored for
the summer, the schedule of rooms
hAsUxBcn :. completed:' and.-A..X. , Gra.
lapp, principal, believes that the end
of the week will see the workman all
finished In' the building which was
reconstructed this summer after it
was badly damaged by fire last Sept.
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SAY RE GIVEN
TEACHING JOB
Joo Sayrc, who has been working
this summer at the Joel Grocery fin
ished his work there Saturday eve
ning and within a few days, with
Mrs. Sayre and their son, will leave
for Coquille, Western Oregon. Mr.
Sayre has been elected to teach his
tory In the Coquille Junior high
school and coach athletics.
"Economy Tuesdpy" -And
GOAL OF NRA
ISTORETURN
MEN TO WORK
So Says Rep. Walter M.
Pierce in Address at
Lions' Luncheons
U.S. WILL WIN ITS
FIGHT, HE DECLARES
Expects Autumn to See
More Effort Made to
Tax Interest and Tax
Exempt Securities.'"
Pointing out tlutt the object of ill
national recovery act is to put men
nt work, and redistribute income, Hep.
Walter M. Pierce addressed the Lions
club ut luncheon today nt the Saca
jawea Inn, "We should nil keep our
chins up and fight on," lie empha
sized, stating that although the coun
try is In a real battle ugalust de
pression, there Is no reason to be
discouraged.
Ho believes America Is going
through the greatest em In Its his
tory, he told the Lions.
Turning to public works, he pre
dicted that tho larger- part of the
federal money will be used to put
men to work and romovo them from
breadlines In the larger cities. Most
of the money In the west will be
used to provide new water supplies
to cities, for Improvement of rivers
and for building of some sowage dis
posal plants.
Ho also expressed the opinion that
this fall will seo more effort being
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House Gives Up
Its Corners
One By One!
LISBON, Vt., Aug. 21 (IP) An
oil stove In the home of E. J.
Sawyer exploded yesterday, sotting
fire to, and burning away one cor
ner of the house. Just as the
fire was under control the kitchen
water tank blew up, blowing awoy
another corner of the house. A
Tew minutes later a gas range ex
plored, tearing away the third
corner. The other corner then
fell of Its own accord.
THE LONG, LONG TRAIL
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Linked in New
Jack La Rue, the sinister, dark-cyed motion picture actor, has been
seen around Hollywood lately with no other than cute Margie Lucille,
New York dancer, and a well-known columnist announces they'll soon
, , be secretly wed. They are pictured
colony's better
214 SIGNERS OF
NRA AGREEMENT
1 0PERATING HERE
Mare and more business and pro
fessional people of La Grande nre
conforming to the NRA, and this
morning the total signers here had
reached 2M. Two more signed since
tftmirduy. morning,: although Ov now
supply of Blue Eagle Insignia was
still lacking nt the post office.
It also was announced that the
Union County Automotive Trade as
sociation will hold a meeting at the
Sacajawea Inn tomorrow night at 8
o'clock to discuss their code, by-laws,
etc.
Many organizations in connection
with NRA conformance have sprung
up recently In this district, of which
the' above is one.
From Portland today came word
that by Sept. 4 every store and every
home In the United States will be
flying tho Blue Eagle. This Is the
belief of George Creel, In charge of
NRA publicity on the Pacific coast,
who flew to Portland yesterday to
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'UrUU
Film Romance
above dining in one of the film
known cafes.
2 TRAGEDIES
FATAL TO 11
IN THE EAST
Freak Storm Off Jersey
Coast and Truck ' Accident
in Delaware Kill Many.. :
By Tho Associated Press
Two tragedies over the weekend ac
counted for ut least 11 d eat lis and
possibly more, with Injuries to sev
eral. A terrific northeaster that lashed
tho Jersey coast Sunday waa fatal to
seven, with four bodies recovered to
day. Tho dead aro:
Capt. Theodoro Vam Sant, 68.
Louis Williams, 65, Margate.
Harry R. Schmidt, 33, Camden
Richard 'Sophr" Bruner, 68,
mora captain.
Wilbur Luke lis. Philadelphia.
Me-
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WILL DECIDE ON
SPECIAL SESSION
PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (! Whether
a special session of the Oregon legis
lature will be required to meet fed
eral demands In connection with un
employment relief, will be determined
here tomorrow.
Governor Julius L. Meier an
nounced ho will meet with directors
and members of federal and state
relief agencies, and prominent legis
lators to determine tho facts In the
situation.
Only In event an actual emergency
is found to exist will a special session,
costing between $26,000 and $30,000,
be called.
Tho crisis resulted from the gov-
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W. C. FREIBERG
ILL AT HOME
W. C. Freiberg, who makes his
home on the cast end of Adams ave
nue, Is 111 of typhoid fever.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. Aug. 21 W) Grains
sagged wearily today after a moacrato
advance at the opening. Trading ws
erratic, sporadic selling forcing prices
gradually backward with each suc
ceeding rally rolling to gain back all
loot ground. Lack of interest by out
sldo buyers forced boMi wheat ond
corn back at one time to three cento
below Saturday's finish, but rallies
wiped out part of this loss. Pro
visions were moderately actlvo ond
Rightly higher with hogs.
Wheat closed fairly steady, steady
to c lower than Saturdays flnuh.
corn steady to '2c down. Oats steady
to 'ic off. and provisions steady to
10c higher.
'Save On
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
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MONTANA IMPORTS SNOW!
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TO BKOIN BUYING SWINE
PKOPOSKS EMBARGO OR TAX
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RAIN RECORD IS BROKEN
DENVER, Aug. 21 (A? Heavy- snow
storms In Montana mountain passes
and scattered mlns In Wyoming uud
New Mexico In the last 24 hours se.it
the temperature skidding toward the
freezing jralnt and almost convinced
those sections of the Rocky mountain
area that winter Is here.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21 m The: em
ergency hog program Involving the
purchase of five million pigs and
sows by the federal government will
bo Inaugurated Wednesday in six
middlewestern markets, the agricul
tural adjustment administration said
today. Purchases will bo made In
Chicago. Omaha, St. Paul, Sioux CUy,
Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 P Pro
posals for nu embargo or high Utx on
foreign Tuts and oils which compete
with do incut lo products were made to
day to farm administration offlelails
nt a h wiring called to discuss the
(troubles of manufacturers of milk by
products. ;
NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 31 m Blx
and one half inches of rain, the
heaviest over recorded toy the local
weather bureau, foil In. Norfolk dur
ing tho 12 hours from 8 o'clock last
night to 8 a. m. today. Streets in
some sections were flooded. The
downpour stopped soon after day
break today.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 W1) Brlgtt'
tiler Gcucrail Harold B. Kisko, a, natlvo
or Salem, Ore,, commander of the At
lantic sector at Panama canal, was
today promoted by President Roose
velt ito the rank of inujor general. He
ftifl ffnVeced Major General Campbell
King who retired July 81, ; '
PROHIBITION MAY
BE PAST HISTORY
BY NOVEMBER 8TH
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 (VP) Pro
hibition could .bo voted out of tho
constitution by November 8,
Twenty-two states, including Mls
sourl in Saturday's election, already
have given ballot approval to tho
twenty-first constitutional amend
ment, which ropoals the eighteenth.
None has voted tho other way.
With 36 states needed to ropcal,
tho following additional election du'tes
havo bccn doflnttoly set:
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Lindbergh Helps
Flier in Distress
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 31 m
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh obeyed a
rule of tho air and lont a helping
hand to a comrado in distress vhen
ho aided a young British pilot, John
Orlerson, in salvaging parte from tho
hitter's plane, wrecked yostorday In
an attempted takeoff for Greenland.
Shower For The
Bridegroom Is
The Latest!
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 (!) A showor
for prospective bridegrooms is tho
latest In social events.
Trumnn C. Cragln, who will
marry Sally Crocker In Tacoma,
Sept. 23, was honored at such a
party by his male friends.
Tho gifts Included dish cloths,
boxing gloves and a mall order
catalog.
! INQUIRING REPORTER
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona j
will be itopped at random on the street corner and asked torn . I
l question of the day. Through the courtcisy or Manager 0. M. Wight j
ciich Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the jj
J Liberty Tlircitn. The current iiltnictlou Is John Ilurrymore In I
"Ketinlon In Vienna.'
Should a business firm supply Its
employes with sick nnd accident In
surance automatically?
Mrs. Ocorgo A. Rnsmussen, 2208
North Depot street, believes: "Firms
should supply this type of Insurance
if tho Industry isti covered by state
compensation as Is tho case In tho
lumber mills."
Timely Items! pe3
POLICE GET
REPORTOF
Administrators, However,
Kemove Uuard After
Learning of Presence
NRA EXECUTIVES
TURNING TO COAL
Jubilant Over Successes
With Steel and Oil
House - to - House Can-,
vass Begins Monday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 OT Three
policemen who were placed at the
(loons at the orrico of Hugh 8. John- I
Hon, the NKA aclnilnlKtmtor, toilny to
avoid a possible demonstration by
longshoremen from Baltimore, wen
dismissed quickly after administration
officials heard of their presence.
Notified by department of justice
agents that a group described as Com
munists was en routs from the Balti
more wharves to present grievance
to Johnson, police, officials put
guards around the building and cent
sentries to Johnson's door.
They were there only a few min
utes, however, before Edward F. Mc
Gradyi the assistant administrator
for labor, heard of it and ordered!
them away. He then told Johnson
ot the situation. . ' '
Tho guards remained' at the en
trances to the commerce department
building, and It was agreed that If
Johnson was In 1)1b office when the
group arrived, ho would receive a
delegation of three. Otlierwlso, Mc
arndy.wjUltl .har.them. ; . : . ;;
KNOWS Of nomabchkbh "
BALTIMORE. Aug. 31 OP) Charlca
D. Oalther, Baltimore police commis
sioner, said today he knew ot no
Communist group en route to Wash
ington to lay a complaint before
Hugh s.' Johnson.
Nit A I.KADKUS JUBILANT
. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 W) Re
covery administrators, Jubilant over
their success with steel andi olh to
day modeled a code for fair competi
tion to bring tho great bituminous
coal industry quickly within NRA's
widening circle.
At tho same time, Hugh S. John
son, NRA chief, pointed his aides for
tho big drive the house to house,
storo to store canvass that starts next
Monday with the objective of plac
ing a Bluo Eagle In every window
and Insuring victory ot Presidont
Roosevelt's ro-cmploymcnt campaign..
Johnson himself, It was learned
autlioritotlvciy, has tentatively flxod
mid-November, or the end of tho yoar
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Treasury Seeks
To Re-Organize
Bank Structure
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (P) The
treasury today continued trying to
reorganize the nation's banking
structure ita tusk made more clear
cut by official figures showing that
4002 financial Institutions had em
erged from the hectic march holiday
with available resources of $20,860,
401,000. That was the condition of the
banks last Juno 30. Since thon, more
banks have rc-opened, some few have
closed again. But at tho end of
June, the additional 885 national
banks still closed or operating on a
restricted basis had assets of 1,441,
436.000. It was the treasury's Job to put
moro concentration now on these so
thoy may bo re-opencd or re-organlwd
and their total deposits of 1,028,
347,000 made avalloblc. t
Mrs. Fred h. James, corner RussellC
ond Pine, says, "I certainly believe
that omployes should bo furnished'
with sick and accident Insurance. In -many
industries they endanger their
lives every day, It Is the best thlug
In the world to bo automatically In
sured." !; '