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VOLUME 31
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING KKWSPAI'EK
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1933
mumiier. associated press ami a. n. c.
NUMBER 301
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ORGANIZATION
MEETING TO BE
FRIDAY NIGHT
General Johnson Informs
Postmaster Huron of
Necessity For Action
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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
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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!
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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,"