La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 24, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextNRA Wants Local Committee; Postmaster Calls Meet tec La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties mvatx l Si VOLUME 31 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING KKWSPAI'EK LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1933 mumiier. associated press ami a. n. c. NUMBER 301 mm 1A(BMG M iEASTEIN STATES wntng ORGANIZATION MEETING TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT General Johnson Informs Postmaster Huron of Necessity For Action t ALL GROUPS WILL BE REPRESENTED Purpose is to Further Roosevelt's Re-Employment Plan; 219 Operat- ing Under Blue' Eagle. During a meeting here Wednesday uftenioon with several prominent citizens, Paymaster lUilpli Huron an uo u need tluit he hud received vord from the NBA administration In Washington of the necessity for or ganizing in La Urnnrie an Ml A com ml t tee, and following the session yes terday, tlt was decided to ihold ti mcflting at the chamber of commerce office Friday night at 8 o'clock to organize such a committee. According to word received by the postmaster from General Hugh S. Johnson, NBA administrator, the committee to be formed here should include representatives from all or ganizations, civic and fraternal groups. This is more or leas of a de mand from Gen. Johnson to the post master In each city that this be done, It was stated that the committee should , Include representatives of all olvic, commercial, educational, re ligious, labor, professional and other groups, the idea of the committee being to further tho president's ro- . employment program and see that all organizations are properly co-operating under the Blue Eagle, arrange for public meetings for which speakers will be provided and in other ways make the NBA 100 per cent effective In La Grande through proper educa tion of all concerned. Each organization is to too called upon to select a member to be its representative at the meeting of the general committee. "I hope that every organization in the city will 'nave Its representative on 'hand at this Friday meeting," (Continued on Pago Two) Second Reading Of Ordinance At City Dads' Meet A second reading of tho ordinance designed to rcgulato and license sec ond hand stores took place at last night's city commission meeting. The third and final reading is scheduled for next Wednesday night and if the vote is favorable, the ordinance will become effective 30 days later. City Manager Angus McAllister re ported a tax turnover from the coun ty of 3232.42 during the week and that he has called In the October. 1932 warrants. Cash on hand at the close of the week amounted to $14,772.60 divided as follows: First National bank 4. 138.25, Portland bank S1515.10. cash (3449.41, remainder in warrants. MORE CASES OF SMALLPOX IN UNION CO. Three more smallpox cases navo been reported In Union county dur ing the last week, according to re ports made to the state boad of health. Only two other cases were re ported from other counties, one from Umatilla and one from Clackamas. Two cases of typhoid fever also vX lst In this county. CROW PRETTY MUCH A GENTLEMAN, IT SEEMS The crow Is pretty much of a gen tleman, after all. Take It from Neplil Combs, who Is an authority on bird life, "stories make this bird's character blacker than he ever could bo painted." Ac tually, he is beneficial to the farmer. Mr. Combs states. He writes the Observer: "A crow Is a black bird but a black bird Is not a crow. Nevertheless we have great crows, or ravens, the west ern crow, and tho crow black bird. I dont think the character of these birds is as black as their coat, how over. "The raven Is the largest of the spcclo corvus, called corvus vorax WILL ROGERS 9$gyy. BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.,' Aug. 23 As I look ait this NBA after having a long oliat with the president about It. And Hugh Johnson, the chiof ex ecutioner. Secretary of Labor Miss Perkins, senators, well Informed Wash ington writers, airplane pilots, taxi drivers, oil men and one Jone opti mistic bootlegger (who still believed this country would soon see the error of Its ways and return him .back his stolen profession). Now, as I say, I have asked all these about it (for once in my life I kept still and let them do the talking). Now the doubt In the scheme is m nroDortton to the extra money that particular party would be askwl to put on the scheme and even each dlsngree-er hoped that It would worn, but would prefer having It work with out effecting him. Still many a big man was fev it heart and soul. Yours, LOAN OFFICE BEGINS WORK ON SATURDAY Personnel Complete For Local Branch With Nam ing of Stenographer With orgiinlzjitlim or personnel fur the Lu ummlo district of the Home Owners' Loan corporation coiiViilVted; Malinger C. J. Shorb today expected to lie ready to give attention U, ap plications not later than Satmtlny. So far more Minn mil applications have been received lint It lias been impossible to do more than file lllcm for the present. Henry Hess was appointed county attorney and J. B. Oliver county ap praiser for the organization yesterday afternoon, and Mrs. Homer Wilson has been appointed stenographer. Office rooms were obtained this afternoon In tho second floor of the Polev building, formerly used by the West Coast Detective Co. Thoro will bo no special attorney or (Continued on Pags Five) CHEST CLINIC TO BE HELD FRIDAY Dr. O. C. Bellenger. superintendent of the state tuberculosis hospital will spend tomorrow In La Grande and will hold a chest ollnlo In the office of Dr. Blggers in the New Foley building, beginning at 9:30 o'clock In the morning. It Is announced today by Miss Alice Marquardt county health nurse. Dr. Bellengcr's visit here Is a fur ther step In a definite health pro rrnm launched bv the Union County Hoa'.th association some months ago and In which much Interest has been manifest. MARSHALL DANA HERE WEDNESDAY Marshall N. Dnna. federal advisor for tho Pacific Northwest In tho fed eral public works program; D. A. Brown, manager for the Interstate Associated Creameries, and P. L. Bal- (Contlnued on Page Eight) slnuatus, and Is not numerous In this locality. They live In the high moun tains and nest In the rocks of clits and are seldom seen in the valleys. They have little contact with human beings and are not of economic in terest. They are the scavengers of the mountains. "The crow we know Is the wewtem crow or corvus brachyrhynchos hes peri3. I have heard many stories which make this bird s character blacker than he ever could be pslnt ed. However, with a little diligent and careful study we will find that those birds arc beneficial to Jyrmcrs (Continued on Togo Seven) POISONER 1? - f f Police at Malvern, Ark., say Murk I). Shank, a hove, Akron, ., at torney, confessed to poisoning four persons round dead In an uutoniolille near Malvern. Shank said he put poison In his victims' food because he was afraid Col ley would talk about fi fp.uult Shank was defending. WILL OPEN BIDS; ON ELGIN-WESTON JOB NEXT MONTH Iflds fur the grading of 4.5 mllr of the Weslon-Blgln highway norther ly from a point four miles west of Elgin will lie opened In PortAaml with five other project Sept. 1.1, 14 and 1.1, It was announced todny liy W, II. Lynch, district engineer, federal bur eau of public roads. Other Jobs Include two projects In Crater Lake national park, one In Rainier national park, and two other national forest highway projects in Oregon and Washington. If contracts are awarded soon after iblds are received, It is believed locally that work on the Elgin strip cau bo started this fall. FLOUR TO BE DISTRIBUTED Red Cross flour will be distributed Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock to those who are still in need of relief. Only those who have no employment will be considered according to Rev. Paul De F. Mortlmore, who is In charge of the local Red Cross. WHEN EVERYBODY GETS MORE LEISURE TIME 5 -SPP JUDGING OF STOCK UNDER WAY AT SHOW Arrival of Animals Ex ceeds Expectations ; . Much Activity. - STOCK JUDGERS' ARE BUSY TODAY Entertainment Program at Stock Show Will Be gin Tomorrow With Parade at One O'clock. UNION, Ore. (Special) The 25th nnnutil Epjitern Oregon Livestock show opened here today, with n large crowd going through the grounds lis the stock Judging progressed...- The entertainment program will start with a parade at 1 p. in. Frlduy nt'tho Union High school. The parade will go to the grounds, Judging nwurds will be made, nail then the arena events will begin. The entertnlnnient program will be repeated ugiiln on Saturday. Four-H and F. F. A. stock Judging contests were undlor way today, and much of the Judging of ' the stock In the grounds was completed, al though no announcement of winners had been made. The arrival of livestock exceeded earlier expectations, and resulted In a great deal of activity at the grounds today. Three herds of Shorthorn cattle arrived, including a herd belonging to Stanley Green, of Echo,, a new ex hibitor. Shorthorns alBo are display ed bv Clifford! Conrad, of Imbler. and TGrterr Brotners, of Union. .lT.-BrMHle Of Cove, has 12 Jersey cows entered and there are three herds of Guern seys Gckcler, La Grando; Emll (Continued on Togo Two) Watermelon "War" Brief But Good While It Lasted A watermelon war, that raged for an hour or so on Adams avo nuo tliis morning, saw the retail price In one store standing at one quarter cent a pound for Milton melons for awhile. That was tho rock bottom quotation, however, and shortly afterwards the war ended. . Two stores, on opposite sides of the street, engaged In the flurry and quite a few watermelons wcro sold by each before the prico Jumped back to two and a half cents a pound. Hiyi Yippee! ) f l There will be real attractive western royalty at the Pioneer Days jcelobration and contests at Ccntralla, Wash. Here's Homo Boycr, the 5 v nnon. . OjREGON STATERS ASSOCIATION HERE Tom Bruce, graduate of Oregon State college, was elected president and Harold C. Boone, also of the O. S. C. alumni, was chosen 3rcrctr.rv trcasurer of the La Grande Oregon State Alumni club which was formed last night at the Sacajawca Inn. The organization of the association fol lowed a large and enthusiastic meet ing of alumni, former and present students at which A. T. Gill, basket ball coach, Ed Allworth, graduate manager, hon Stlner, football coach, and George Scott, assistant football coach, were present and spoke. Musical numbers were arranged by Mr. Bruco who presented Mr, Crow, of 1alloa, Vrho graduated from high school last spring. Tne athletic leaders from the State college are enthusiastic over pros pects for the fall and nsserted that O. S. C. has not been materially in jured by the depression so far as act ivities are concerned. The visitors, accompanied by C. H. Reynolds, president of tho state alumni association, mac'ic a trip to Baker today. She's a Queen FOG. COOLER WEATHER AID FIRE FIGHTING Men Battling Big Western Oregon Fires Making Headway, Report Today ' POItTLANII, Ore., Aug. 21 Ml Dense fug mid cooler temporal llrcs during tile night materially allied 2000 rlre flHliters who for more Hum a week have irili-il on a relentless hull lo Willi ravaging fori'Sl fires In the Oregon coast niiMliittiliis west of here. Todny hot fires still biased on thousands of acres of the best virgin timber holdings In the west, but tho favorable break In the weather gave new encouragement to tho flro fight ers. Crews of picked men were being sent to critical points to construct (Continued on Page Two) BONNEVILLE DAM O.K. NOT DISTANT PORTLAND. Aug. 24 M'l Con gressman Charles H. Martin said hero today that "it is only a matter of a few days until President Roosevelt approves the Bonnevlllo dam" on tho Columbia river. Word was received hero Wednesday tluit construction of this $43,900,000 project was approved by General Ly tlo Brown, chief of army engineers and head of the rivers and harbors, In a report to Secretary of War Dern and Secretary of Interior Ickos. If the two secretaries approve tho huge navigation and power project the matter will como before tho president. Wheat Today The price of Infill iall wheal MikiiI today al fit wills. iiiTiirillng lo iH" tntliins at I Me I'loi r I I Ing Mills- CHICAGO, Aug. 24 In1) Grains fluctuated erratically today In a thin market. An early break was followed by a rally In sympathy with stocks, but liquidation of September con tracts caused further recessions. Liverpool wheat was weaker on re ports or rains In parts of Argentina, but these were said to bo light and Inconsequential. Cash wheat was In demand In the southwest whero heavy flour sales were rejHirted. The pits wero Inactive much of tho session. Corn was up and down with wheat, but was doprcuBed too by a lack of Interest. Government reports con firmed tho unchanged status of tho corn crop. Wheat closed weak and 2 to 2o beneath yesterday's finish, corn weak. lrn2o down, oats !io off, rye i" 1 !4c lower, and provisions 5 to 22 cents lower. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME IUKEK WOMAN MURDERED DISEASE TOLL UP TO 27 , NEW ANTI-IIOAItUlNQ DltlVE OPPOSE KCONOMY ACT IIAKEK, Ore., Aug. 24 VP) With a small caliber rifle uitd nn at, an unknown jierson murdered Mr. A. Koeliler, . wire of a Itaker physician, at her home here Wednesday night uitd then ransacked the house for lliuuey. The elderly woman was shot twice and then struiik with nil ve on both sides of the head, officers suy. They regarded rolibcry us the uuly motive of thu sla'er, - ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24 (fl5) The toll from the "sleeping sickness' epldemlo had reached 27 In this city and Its suburban communities today, and the puzzling disease -was reported In another bordering state Illinois. WASIUNOTOX, Aug. 24 Plans for recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in unlisted gold secretly held In tills country liave been sub mitted to President Hoosovclt by At torney (Icncral CuinmliigH, who has completed Investigation or knowp gold hoarders. v LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 P) Tho national United Spanish War Veter ans' convention which yesterday Jeered speakers explaining pension reductions, today demanded the na tional economy act be repealed. By unanimous vote they elected William H. Armstrong, Haclne, Wlo-. com-mander-ln-chlef. PORTLAND, Aug. 20 im ' approximating ;IOu.ooo in nine hlgh itmv nriilM.ts. or jLlinut half of the letting for the Awo-duy session of tho state highway commission, wcro open- imi-iiv- I'lm .mmtillifcn awards. most of which are the first .of the national recovrry program In Oregon, u.ni i,,i: i u-m-lf uhmit 1200 men be ginning Hint later than September 10, It was aillioiinceu. SPECIAL SESSION DEPENDS SOLELY ON TWO THINGS POIOTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23 (P) aovernor Meier said today that tho cnlltng of a special session of the state legislature will depend on two things: First, If it is determined that tho NRA and tho federal public works program "aro unablo to mcot tho unemployment situation In tho state,' and second, If theso agencies cannot cooo "successfully with tho sltua tlon" the session will be called only after a. revenue-raising program has been formulated that will havo the united support of tho pross and of tho people. Tho governor stated that ho Ib not personally advocating a sales tax and emphaslM!d that any revenue-raising moasuro designed to moot tho situa tion adequately would havo his sup port. ' Ben T. Osbomo, secretary of tho Oregon State Federation of Labor to day stated that labor would fight any sates tax proposal such as tnat Bug- (Continued On Pago Four) FRUITGROWERS AGREE ON CODE PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 24 P) Fruit growers of the four leucine northwest states looked forward to their harvesting seasons today with tho assurance that a code to improve their Industry would ibo completed and in operation by Sept. 18. At tho close !ast night or ft two day session with representatives of tho agricultural adjustment adminis tration, the growers of Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana wtre given Tcanon to believe that all rov- crnmcntal action on thctr marketing agreement would be completed by La bor day and put into operation with in two weeks from that dato. Each day an the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona I will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked soma I question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight 1 rnch Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. The current 111 trait Ion Li all-star cast III "Inter- I I national Hotine." ' With tho opening of the fall terms at the colleges In the United States, the question agnln arises, Is loo much stress being laid on athletics. Jesso Andrews, 1616 Adnms avenuo, says, "So much stress shouldn't be laid on athletics because the time for that Is past and schools don't VILLAGE OF 800 MENACED; MANY DEATHS Liner Aground on Vir ginia Shore Crippled Liner Nears Norfolk. : HURRICANE HITS ALL EAST COAST Waterfronts Inundated, H i gh ay ay.s Flooded, Crops Ruined Damage , Runs Into Millions. . , By. The Associated Press An entire village or 800 lying below the dam or an overflowing mountain lake hi upstate New York was en dangered today as the Atlantic sea board's, rasing storm swept Inland leaving in Its trail- many dead and injured and millions In damage. . Inhabitants of Plelachmanns awoke to find their town' half-flooded and the emergency gates of Switzerland lake, already three feet under the rushing waters. Prantio efforts were started to reach the machinery. Many Deaths Additional deaths were added to the swelling list of 30 known dead who perished at sea, In train and auto mobile accidents and freak mishaps as the count went forward In affected areas in New York, New Jersey, Penn- vylvanla, Delaware, Maryland . and Virginia. , -V Tho New Jersey toll reached eight In the five days of storm. Pennsylvania counted at least three Maryland, recorded -seven with re ports from some sections atlU meagre . because ol. faulty .communldatton. Two- -of these an engineer and a fireman were killed in the derailment tula morning near- Tuxedto of the crack Southern railway train Crescent , limited. . . Virginia had ten dead, two of then, victims of the storm as It beat upon. . the coastal liner Madison attempting to reach Norfolk. New York had at least one. The Chesapeake steamship liner City bf Norfolk Is aground In Pco moke Sound, one mile west of the north end of Watt's Island. Her passongcrs are safe. A partly crippled passenger liner, (Continued on Page Four. , Further Change For Better In Bank Clearings NEW YORK, Aug. 24 W) Dun Bradstrcot, Inc., reportcdl today "a further change lor the bettor, over the earlier figures for August, appears In tho latest bank clearing." The total for tho week ended Aug. 23 at leading cities In the United States was $4,134,378,000, an Increase of 12.7 per cent over a year ago. At New York City clearings roso 16.8 per cent .above 1032 while outside the metropolis tho gain was 4.4 per cent. Today's Baseball American IxMigue It. H. B. Now York - 10 11 0 Oloveland - 17 8 , Batteries: Allen and Dlokoy; Hllde brand, Dean. Hudling, Connolly and Spencer, Myatt. National League FIRST OAME: R. H. E, Chicago 5 8 3 Philadelphia - 0 3a Batteries: Bush and Xlortnott; HoU loyo and Davis. SECOND OAME: K. H. B. Chicago 0 16 0 Philadelphia , 6 13 2 Batteries: Tinning, Hald, Hermann and Campbell; Mooro, Poarco, Elliott, Collins and Davis. have tho money. Athletics now will be run as It should bo run. Tho athletes will go to school and play football Incidentally." Jcnn Wilcox, 1013 Cove avenue, says, "I think that athletics in a college are a wnste of time but It gives tho alumni something to brag about after they get out of college,"