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VOLUME 31
EASTERN OIIEOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHESS AND A. D. C.
NUMBER 299
NAME SHORE I01E LOAN MANAGE!
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DEATH TAKES
F. H KIDDLE
LATE MONDAY
' President and Manager of
Pioneer Flouring Mills
Dies Unexpectedly.
FUNERAL SERVICE
TO BE WEDNESDAY
Was Associated With Lo
cal Industry Since 1895;
Prominent in Shipping,
Grain Business.
Fred II. Kiddle Sr., 01 years or hro,
died unexpectedly ut Ills homo at Is
land City about 8 o'clock Monday
night, lie had been in poor health
for some time, but Ids condition did
not become serious unitll he suffered
a heart attack.
With his -passing, the orWifil
founders of the Pioneer Flouring MM
01 union county nave gone on He
was president and manager of this or.
ganizatlon at the time of 'his death,
which has mills at Island City, La
Grande, Elgin, and Union, and 'ware
houses at OonJey, Altcel and Imbler.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at the chapel of
Walker's Funeral Home at 2 o'clock
with ov. George J. Walz in charge.
Burial will take place In the family
lot In tho Island City cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers are J. A. Gar
Ity Br., Charles Playle, W. H. Bohnen.
kamp Sr., A. T. Hill, F. h. Meyers and
Ohct BldweU. Active pallbearers are
Nels Nelson, Frank Peary, clay Fox,
William VolswinJUer, Silas Simmons
and Bay Blokland, all members of the
staff of the Pioneer mills.
Hum In Illinois
Mr. Kiddle was born in Rocten, 111.,
Sept. 19, 1868 and was 04 years, 11
months and two days of age. Ho
moved to Island City in 1895 from
Jefferson, Iowa and became associat
ed with his brother, Ed, in the Pio
neer mills. He became president of
this organization in 1917. Ho alj was
associated with tho shipping ot live
stock in Union and Wallowa counties
for the last 30 years and was very ac
tive in the grain business all his life.
He was a member of the La Grande
lodge No. 41, A. F. & A. M., the EasB
ern Star and tho Modern Woodmen
of Amorlca.
(Continued on Pago Seven)
Ed Wynn Wires
C. T. Lindsey About
New Fire Chief Gas
Every body knows about Ed
Wynn So-o-o-o-o Ed Wynn!
He lives at Hollywood, you know,
and brondcasts on the radio, and
also does a blt now and then in
the pictures.
Today C. T. Lindsey, fire chief
of La Grande, received the follow
ing telegram, and is he pleased.
Hollywood, Cal.
"Chief C. T. Lindsey:
"Personal, Fire Department, La
Grande, Ore.:
"Dear friend: As a brother chief
I feel it Is my duty to tip you off
to the new one hundred per cent
anti-knock greater Fire Chief
gasoline (stop) We use it at our
hcus? and It is so powerful that
when Auntie knocks Uncle Jumps
out tho window (stop) In fact, I
drank some of It and it Is so pow
erful my breath started a windmill
on a Dutch picture in our living
room (stop) In closing oil I can
say Chief Lindsey. Is by all means
use it, tell your friends to use it,
tell strangers to use it, tell the
whole world to use it (stop) As
for me, I will stick to my horse.
SO O O O ED WYNN."
PER CAPITA LOSS BY
FIRE VERY LOW HERE
La Grande, which last summer was
In constant fear cl lire because of
incendiary activity, goes about Its
work and play this summer in a
complacent franie of mind.
Few fire bells have been heard, and
there have been no big fires since
last winter.
Interested in finding how much
fire loss there had been the last half
year, an Observer reporter turned io
the fire chief s records today and this
was his findings:
Month FU L""
March -
April none
May ... 2093.37
WILL
ROGERS
CHICAGO, Aug. 21 Well, VflO
"Hillbillies" beat tho "Dudes" and
took the polo championship ol the
world, right out of the drawing rooms
and Into the bunkhouse.
And she won't go east In years, for
tho west always thought you had to
have a birth certificate to play it.
Now every cowpunoher Is herding la
the heifers with a corn, plaster sad
dle, and even the "hay heavers" havo
changed a pitchfork into a polo mal
let. Twenty thousand Chlcagoans wit
nessed Sunday's social mas&aoi-o.
Nineteen thousand of 'om had never
seen a horse, much less a polo game,
bo from now on, west of the Missis
sippi, "Old Dobbin" plows in the field
only till 4 o'clock, when he will bo
washed, scrubbed, his teeth polished,
and ho goes out on tho lawn to ca
vort in what used to be known as
strictly a social recreation.
Poor old society, they got nothing
exclusive left. The movie folks out
married and outdivorced 'em, the
common folks took their cocktails,
"near' society took to bridge. Now
polo has gone to the buckwheat belt,
so poor old society hasn't even been
left a code. Yours,
r:
STOCK SHOW
TO OPEN ITS
GATES SOON
T'w e n t y-Pi'f t 'h' Annual
Event at Union Scheduled
For Last of This Week.
Finn! preparations were being made
tiHlay and tomorrow at Union for the
HiisttTit Oregon Livestock show, which
will begin a threc-tluy run Thursday.
The town was being decorated, and
(Continued on Page Three;
GENMHVrllTE
AND PARTY HERE
Malor-General George A. Whlvo, of
Solent, commander of the Oregon-
Washington natlono! guard; Dr. jonn
Evans, ot Salem: Major Ed Hamilton,
Dallas; Capt. Lee Merrill, of Portland;
and G. E. Emigh, coach of the Burns
High school, stopped in La Grande
last night where thsy called on Col.
R. R. Huron, commander of tho 1116th
Infantry of the Oregon national
guard. The party is en route to Wal
lowa county to spend several days
hunting grouse and fishing the
streams there.
WARMER WEATHER
IN STORE TODAY
The sun, unobstructed by clouds,
wnrmod up the Grande Rondc valley
quite a bit Monday, bringing tho
morriirv nn to a maximum of 80
above In La Grande, and indications
today were that this mark would be
surpassed this afternoon.
Tho increasing warmth followed an
unusually cold August day when the
maximum Sunday went no higher
than G7.
The nights have been chilly so far
this week, with a minimum of 47
above Sunday night and 48 above
Inst night.
The weather forecast for Oregon
1b for fair skies tonight and Wcc'mes
day, and warmer in the north por
tion. July -. 783.07
June 913.03
August 6.50
Stilt Incomplete.
This represents practically a six
month period and during that time
the total fire loss In La Grande, a
city of 8050 population, has anuunt
ed to enly $4431.22.
Figuring further, it represents a
leas of only 55 cento per person dur
ing the period, if tho loss could oe
spread over the 8050 people of thla
city. This Is an excellent record, and
one of which Fire Ohlef C. T. Lind
sey. his staff of firemen and tho en
tire city undoubtedly is proud.
LETTER SENT
TODAYTOTHE
EX PRESIDENT
Action to Have Hoover
Testify at Detroit Due
to Couzens' Suggestion 1
ATTITUDE OF U. S.
SOUGHT BY JURY
Believes Hoover Has "Cer
tain Facts" in His Po
session Which May
Clarify Matters.
PAI.TO AI.TO, Cnl.. AllR. Vi (fll
Former President Herbert Hoover tills
afternoon declined tin Invitation to
appear personally at Detroit, Mich.,
and testify regarding t lie attitude or
his administration toward the closing
there last winter of two national
banks.
DETROIT, Aug. VI T), . IT.'
of tile onc-mnn Detroit ' ml- m,-,
today dispatched a letter to former
President Herbert Hoover, nsklug lllm
to appear as a witness before the Jury
Investigating the closing of two na
tional banks licre.
A decision 'as soon 'as possible"
was asked of the former president.
Under Instructions of Judge Harry
B. Keldan, sitting as a Jury to inves
tigate the closing of the First Nation
al bank Detroit, the oountrys
largest closed bank, and the Guardian
National Bank of Commerce, Prose
cutor Harry S. Toy sent the letter
to the former president, in Palo Alto,
'.'!. j, '
The letter stated officials of the
Jury desired his testimony "'concern-
(Continued on Page Three)
Man Stabbed At :
Powder on Aug. 11
Leaves Hospital
Arthur Gllley, of North Powder.
who was stabbed at a dance hall In
North Powder on Friday, Aug. 11, has
sufficiently recovered to be able to
leave the Baker hospital where he
has been confined, and Buster Cole,
also of North Powder, his alleged ns
sallant. Is being held In the Union
county Jail on an open charge. Gllley,
a 10-year-old fnrm hnni was stabbed
twice through the left lung.
Reports from Baker state thnt of
ficers arrived at the scone within a
few minutes after the fight and said
Cole was Intoxicated and that he had
a scratch above his left eye and a
traco of blood on his nose. They also
said he admitted being in a fight
(Continued On Page Four)
CUBAN
. WAGE STRIKES IMPERIL HUGE FRUIT CROPS
fi'v .4 i i - TL. . -' 1 - - 1 . ' tl
Here iii-c scenes nroiiud the Tagus thine... near Fresno, Cal., one or the big fruit ureas whore labor
disputes Hjirend, to put over 5000 workers out on Hi like throughout Ou.llViriti orolmnltt. Above lie-'
' longings of TagUN nmiii laborer dumped alongside of tho highway, the concern Insisting that the
'vhM..f i. heir cabins elrhw'X.fffitlt nr vocat Iho Ulns. -(Iclowr-SUlUers parading beside.. tile
' highway In front of Tugiis ramii headquarters, carrying banners urging nil Ut coiitliiuv the strike for
' 1r cents an hour Inset I!t Cliunbei-H, declared by Togus nuicli officials to be a professional agita
tor, arrested after three days on charge of disturbing the peace. He was released on hall.
SCOUTS QUALIFY FOR
MERIT BADGES WHILE
AT WALLOWA BOYS CAMP
An outstanding record for merit
badge achievements was established
at the boys camp at Wallowa Lake
which closed Sunday morning. -Gilbert
Stein was in charge of tender
feet candidates, Donald Higgcns of
second class candidates, and Wood
row Dammerell had general supervis
ion of the swimming activities. Merit
badges awarded Include:
Tenderfoot
John Kopp, Ernest' Woodell, Eugene
Parletto, Robert) Dow, John McMunus,
John Ralston, Wayno Williamson,
Harry Canter, David Douglas, Eugene
Becker, Merrill Roscnbaum and Wll-liiu-d
Hall.
EXPORTS ARE PICKING UP
" ' '
Second Class
Bob MoClay. Harold Weeks. Bob
Dow, Vance Knight and Frederick
Lowls.
First Class
Jack Eaklu and Eugene Rocheeter.
Sinkers
Eugene Becker.
Merit Badges
John Blggs Pioneering; Jack Eak
ln Ltfo saving, swimming; Jim Brln
ton Swimming; Dan Biggs Swim
ming; Harry Carter Swimming; Bob
Dow Swimming; Frederick Lewis
Swimming; Eugene Winters Swim
ming; Harold Weeks Swimming;
Donald Shclton Swimming; Eugene
(Continued on l'ngo Seven)
PROGRESS ON
COAL CODE
IS REPORTED
President Cheer'ed By
Word From Gen. John
son, NRA Administrator
ly I'l'iuiH M. Stppheuson
1IYIIK PAItK, N. Y., Aug. 21i P)
A report of progress on the 'solution
of a single working code for the (Un
ordered coal Industry cheered Presi
dent Koonevcll today In his error! to
complete the recovery drive by Labor
day.
General Hugh S. Johnson, the ln
(Oonttnuod on Page Four)
STRIKE IN CUBA
SETTLED TODAY
HAVANA, Aug. 22 (P) After set
tling a three-weeks strike of Havana
harbor workers the Cuban provision
al government today scrutinized other
problems handed down by tho de
posed Manhado regime as well as Ocr
ardo Machado and his followers.
Thee had to do with mob activities
against tho persons and property or
MacharisLaH, payment of salaries over
duo four to 14 months, pressing fi
nancial problems ,and records of the
overthrown administration.
Wheat Today
The price of local cash wheat
today sIimmI nl Till cents, accord
ing (o qiMifiil Ions at the Pioneer
I lotirliig Mills.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22 (V) Rye euru
ed tho spotlight in the grain markets
today with an advance of flvo cents
a bushel, the maximum permitted in
one day. Buying orders, especially
from mills and elevators, booster rye.
All other grains were carried a little
higher in sympathy with ryo alter
spending the most of the day In tho
doldrums. Erratic fluctuations, such
as characterized yesterday's trwllng,
were absent and traders said tho
markets were beginning to reflect the
laws of supply and demand. Crup
comment were generally unfavorable
and trading was small.
Wheat closed firmer and Ut 1
cent higher than yesterday's finish.
Corn was easy. 6ra lower.
Oat -ic higher, rye 4r4c
up, and provision steady to lGo od-vance.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
KLAMATH FIKE1IUOS C'ONl'KSS
BASTKKN C1AI.B CONTINUES
I.IM)llKlt(illS TAKE TO AMI
SEVEN FAIIMKIIS KILLED
Kia.MATll PALLS, Ore., Aug. 22
Two men arrested yestertiay con
fessed this afternoon they were re
sponsible for a series of Incendiary
fires In Klamath Palls. The men
were Milton Sr(ortl, 111, Klamath
Palis, and Wayne Cooler, 22, of Spo
kane,
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 P) A whip
lash gale thftt has taken at least nine
Uvea still stung part or the eastern
seaboard totlny. Rain, driving down
In record -shattering volume, Increased
damage done by waves and tldo.
1ERYKJAVIK, I (Till lid, Aug. 22 (ft")
Colonel and Mm. Charles A. Lind
bergh hopHMl off from Iteykjavlk to
ll ny, refusing to reveal tlit'lr (lest I na
tion, but It niut believed here that
they were not leaving Iceland Imme
diately. LUMBERTON, N. C. Aug. 22 W
Seven Lenoir county farmers were
killed ant) three critically Injured
here today when their tobacco truck
crashed Into a seaboard airline gas
propelled passenger train running
from Hamblet to Wilmington.
NKVTAHK, N. J.," Aug. 22 tfF) An
(xploHlon hi one of tho buildings of
the celluloid company In Ferry Htrect
killed a iium and a girl today and In
jured Hlx other worker, tluro of
them no tierlothsly they may die.
IN U. S, HISTORY
DR. LEAKE SAYS
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22 (! Tho epi
demic of "sleeping sickness" In this
vicinity was described hero today by
Dr. J. P. Leake of tho United States
public health service as being by far
tho most serious outbreak the coun
try has ever known.
Two deaths during the last 24
hours have brought the number of
victims of tho strango malady of
encephalitis to 15, while 149 persons
wero reported 111 of tho disease.
Dr. Leake, who was dispatched hero
from Washington when tho outbreak
first been mo serious, snld there was
no reason to fear the epidemic could
resume proportions of a plague, how
over, and that there should bo no
undue alarm.
"Tho situation In St. Louis, novor
thclcfls, niUBt bo regarded as serious",
ho said, "as Bclencc knows little about
the disease.
"Next In .seriousness to tho St.
Louis and St. Louis county epidemic,"
Dr. Lcukc added, "was tho one in
Spokane, Wash., during tho years of
1010, 1020 and 1021. Over tho thieo
ycar period 10 persons died, but the
total number of patients did not
comparo with those already 111 here."
Dr,. Ralph Muckenfuns of Washing
ton university, In an effort to produce
an Immunizing serum, has been con
ducting research with monkey. Inocu
lating them with various materials
(Continued On Pago Four)
GRAIN MEETING
CONTINUES TODAY
PORTLAND, Ore, AllR. 22 Ml
Ornln men from, all pnrlH of the
Pnclilc Northwest continued their
cfrorts hero today to como to nn
agreement with tho federal govern
ment on a plan to export from this
district tire ealiirMttod surphm of
40,000.01)0 bushel of wheat that Is
havlnK an adverse effect on the prlco
of the product In other uectlona of
the country.
After an all-day mcetlnjr yesterday,
and an executive Reunion laHt nlfiht.
those at tho conference Intimated
they were confident a c'etlnltn plan
will le agreed upon. The group met
In another executive conference to
day. INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Heporter makes the rounds two penona
will bo stopped at random on the street corner and asked some
mica I Ion of th day. Throurh the conrtney of Manager C. M. Wight
each Interviewed nil! be granted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Theatre. The eurient uUructlim Is nll-Htar cast In "Inter
mit loiml House,"
The advisability of having a spe
cial session u the legislature nt
Solem is beifTg discussed pro aiw
con here this week, ()
Hop. Victor Eckley, F'rulttlole. says.
"I believe a special session should
be-ghclrt to regulate the liquor tax.
A Kige sum of revenue has been nc
crued from the horse races at Oresh-
APPOINTMENT
MADE TODAY
IN PORTLAND
La Grande Printer Ex
pected to Return to
City on Wednesday. '
NEWS IS WELCOMED
BY LOCAL PEOPLE
Home Owners of Eastern
Oregon Anxiously;
Awaiting Word of Open
ing of Branch Here. -
C. J. Shorb, of La Grande.
today was appointed manager
of the La Grande branch of
the Home Owners' Loan cor
poration, a federal organiza
tion to aid distressed home
owners, according to word re
ceived from the Associated
Press in Portland. The an
nouncement theie was made
by J. P. Lipscomb, Oregon
manager of the corporation.
News of Mr. Shorb's appointment
wns received with delight through
out Eastern Oregon, where hundred!
of homo owners have been anxiously
awaiting word of action In setting up
tho La Grande office, through which
all applications for relief from this
section of the stato will havo to be
cleared. ;
Tho appointment came as a dis
tinct surprise to many, as, it was not
generally.. known ,tht He was. a, can
didato for the position. Ho Was In
Portland today and wns not expected
home until tomorrow.
Appointment of Mr. Shorb prob-
(Contlnoea on Cat Four)
Grand Jury Will
Quiz Politicians
On Gang Rackets
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (P) A show
down on tho chargo .that some poli
ticians work hand In glovo with rack
eteers and gangsters was expected, to
day. On tlie even of a campaign In
which embattled fusion 1st led by
FioroMa H. La Onardia, will seek to
drlvo Tammany Xrom city hall, a
county grand Jury took matters in Its
own hands.
United States Attorney Oeorge Z.
Medallo went before tho Now York
Jury today to toli of an alleged un
ion between racketeers and some po
litical district leaders.
Ho recently told a ttonato sub-com-inlt'teo
Investigating1 racketeering that
such a union existed and said he was
ready to go before tho grand Jury to
corroborate his assertion If called.
District Attornoy Thomas 0..;-T.
era In took no action, but yescerday
tho grond Jury subpoenaed Medal! e
and announced Its Investigation
would bo carried on without tho
prenenco of Craln or hl assistants.
Shortly after Medallo reached the
criminal courts building today Craln,
Jr't chief assistant, Albort B. TJngrt
and Assistant Dlstriot Attorney Har
old W. Hastings went Into tho grand
Jury room. They stayed about 10 min
ute. Hastings sold ho. Grain and Unger
had been Invited into tho grand Jury
room by tho grand Jury and that they
then had been, "invited out." After
they returned to their offices Medallo
was summoned to tho grand. Jury
room.
Today's Baseball
AMKKKMN l.llAfiUti
FlrKt Game
Boston 17 1
ChlcaRO - 8 15 0
Khodo and Pcrrcll; Lyons and
Gruhe.
REPORTER i
om and Just as large a sum can be
gotten from, the regulation on beer,"
Avery Harrison, 3012 Third street,
says, "t haven't given ft special ses
sion of the legislature much thought,
Wiwvvcr I do believe thnt the state
should get some revenue from the
8ii 1 1' of liquor if It can bo done with
out Jeopardizing the business."
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