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Fall Flower Show Will Be Held Here September 9 mrmht La Grande Is The Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and , Wallowa Counties ' I Gateway to Wallowa, ! "Tha Swilvjilnnrl of America" - m '1. S VOLUME 31. EASTERN OltEOON'g LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C. NUMBER 305 I, TEAM FALLS MMMGIM TOM :. V ICLUBWOMEN OF CITY TO STAGE SHOW f Fall Blossoms to be Judged i Best Lawns. Will. ; Receive Prices. I PLACE OF EVENT NOT YET DECIDED 1 Arrangements Not Com $ pleted.But Mrs. A. L. , f Gralapp and Committee i Busy Making Plans. Fall the season of the year when flowers reach the peak of bril liancy, the pastel shades of summer giving way to oolorful asters and dah lias has been designated by the Iji Grande Neighborhood olub as the time of the second of the annual riower shows. The fall show' this year will be hold on Sept. 0. Arrangements, however, have not yet been completed by Mrs. A. L. Gralapp, chairman of the committee In charge, and the place has not been announced. The fall flower show la not held only for Neighborhood club members; It Is a civic enterprise In which all the flower enthusiasts of the valley are urged to enter their flowers. The schedule for entries and Judging will be announced later. Lawn Judging which has been held regularly In conjunction with the flower show will again be a feature of the event. Mrs. Gralapp Is assisted on' the committee by Mrs. Floyd Sherwoodi Mrs'. ' H. A. ZurbrlciC Mrs'. Hal Bohn enkamp, Mrs. J. T. Richardson, Mrs. Prank -Robinson, Mrs. George Currey, Mrs. R. A. Wllkerson,' Mrs. William Miller, Mrs. P. A. Bpllng, Mrs. W. . Pickens, Mrs. J. W. Knowles, Mrs. George B. Richardson, Miss Violet Melville, Mrs. W. H. Hertzog, Mrs. J. R. Williamson, Mrs. C. H. Bldwell, Mrs. Charles Weis, Mrs. I. W. Mur ray, Mrs. Prank Rechlln, Mrs. Harry U. Myers, Mrs. Ethel Dobbins, Mrs. F. 8. Jester and Mrs. Harley Rich ardson. Local People In Rush For Oregon Drivers' Licenses The rush for drivers' licenses Is un der way in earnest over all of the state, and La Grande is no excep tion. 'Today word from Salem, sala Secretary of State Hal E. Hoss' de partment expected to handle more than 10,000 applicants today and yes f terday 8000 licenses were issued. Re k ports are that hundreds of La Grande and Union county people have applied for licenses the last few days, ana Beveral score received new licenses here last Friday and Saturday when C. N. Bentley, state examiner, gave driving license tests at the city hall. Over the state 125,000 drivers werv 'still without their new permits today and1! great last-minute rush was ex pected later this week. Drivers previously licensed are Is sued new permits without examina tion while applicants for first licenses are examined. Old drivers' licenses are not good after midnight Aug. 31. DR. BELLINGER VISITS HERE Dr. O. O. Bellinger, head! of the state tuberculosis hospital at Salem, was In La Grande yesterday. Dr. Bellinger was one of the principal speakers at the meeting of the Eost ern Oregon District Metjical society at Ontario during the weekend. . Mrs. Bellinger. Miss Bellinger, their daughter, and Miss Barbara Evans, also of Salem, accompanied Dr. Bellinger. LONGEST DRY SPELL THIS YEAR 23 DAYS Although the present summer has been unusnally worm and at times dry, nevertheless, there have been no drouth periods such as often occur in Eastern Oregon during the warmest months of thd year. So for, the longest period with out rain was from July II to Aug. 3, with 23 days going by without enough rain lo even mark tracej" on the government records. WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., Aug. 28 I believe that Mr. Moley, chief of the "brain trusters" getting out, Is about the starting of the end of college pro fessors In government. A professor gets all of bis out of a book, but the politician, as bad as he Is, does have an understanding of human nature, and the mob. So we Just as well become reconciled to the fact that the old politician la with us, "even unto death."- ' Theories are great, they sound great, but the minute you are asked to prove one, in actual life, the thing blows up. So, professors, back to the class room; Idealists, back to the drawing room; communists, back to the soap box, (and use some of it); but Old Congressman "Hokum" and Old Sen ator "Hooey" are still the Mussollnls of our country. Yours, COMMITTEE OF 32 WILL MEET SEPT. 1 Chairman Fred E. Kiddle Calls Meeting to be Held in Portland, Fred E. . Kiddle, president of tlic state senate and chairman' of Gov ernor Julius L. Meter's speclarcom mltteo of 32 to consider raising funds for relief of Oregon's needy during' the coming year, today called the committee to meet Friday, Sept. 1 at the llenson hotel 111 Portland. The meeting Is to convene at 2 o'clock (Continued on Cage Four COUNTY WILL GET $600 CHECK FROM HORSE, DOG RACES Union county is to receive a state check for SiiOO.05 as its share of money taken in front the dog racing In Portland and the horse: racing at Gresltanu The money, according to local county officials, will he applied to the fund for tho Grange Fair Home Products show. Which will be held here Sept. 28 and 2D. This will be In addition to the usual allowance from the state. As there Is no regular county fair In this county, the fair-show operates Under that status and Is thus eligi ble to state aid. Twenty-nine of the 36 counties rer celved $600.05 each, and In addition (Continued on Page Two) SMOKE IS BLOWN HERE FROM WEST Visibility in the Grande Rondo valley was lessened considerably to day because of smoke blown In from Western Oregon forest fires last night. Monday visibility in this section was held to be about 16 miles and this distance was decreased considerably by the additional smoke. Monday was warm with a maximum of 89, but the minimum this morn ing was eight clegrees cooler than the Sunday night low. The sky was partly cloudy. The valley was whipped by a strong wind last evening that caused some minor damage, according to reports received today. Unsettled and cooler weather was forecast for Eastern Oregon tonight and tomorrow, with rising humidity. The second longest "drouth" period began on Aug. 10 and yes terday was the 19th 'day without rain. During June there was a period from June 10 to June 26, consist ing of 15 days, without any pre cipitation. In between the dry periods, enough rain fell to make most of die summer months In La Grande . this year show an excess of rain. NRA DRIVE TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY City Divided Into 50 Dis trict With Committee Assigned to Each. MEET SCHEDULED FOR 7:30 TONIGHT Consumers Blue Eagle Pledges and Stickers on Hand For Distribution to Canvassers. The NBA campaign to enlist nil La Grande people under the Blue Eagle banner, to be conducted by the local committee, will begin Wednesday morning. This was decided at a meeting lost night of the executive committee consisting of B. Z. nnxter, Mrs. Victor Eckley, It. F. Tyler, M. M. Chrlstcnscn and Mrs. ft J. Shorb. For the purpose of explaining the campaign, a meeting of the repre sentative committee will be held to night at 7:30 at the Sacajawea Inn. The executive committee outlined a plan last night whereby the city would be divided Into 60 districts, and a committee from each of 60 organizations In the city Is to have charge of each section. Blue Eagle consumers' pledges and stickers have been received and all Is reported In readiness for the drive, except for the final Instructions to committee members tonight. The object Is to have La Grande 100 per cent In support of the Blue Eagle. - All organizations also are being asked by the executive committee Ao (Continued on Page Four) Parents To Get Refunds Due To Camp Economies Because of economic management of the Wallowa Lake camp for boys the parents will be refunded $1 each, according to a decision reached last night by the members of the camp committee which met at the Presby terian church. Members of the camp committee who gathered to hear re ports of the successful venture were A. W. Nelson, chairman, W. H. Hert zog, Norman Frees. Frank Wylde and Harvey Carter. . This year's camp was not only the biggest which La Orande has ever had but it was practically as large as those formerly sponsored by the Eastern Oregon council which cov ered six counties, it was reported. I MT6RMATION AL COrvPUCATI orS Where Storm '4 Here Is a Btrlklng alrplr.no view of Ocean City, Md., the Island resort on whloh 4,000 residents were marooned wnen waters from swelling streams munuaiea me cuy. Cut off from gas, telephone and light, refugees were reported waiting In rowboats with their possessions u(tll the waters subsided. INSULL WILL BE DETAINED UNTIL HEARING IS HELD ATHENS, Aug. 29 (P) The appeal court approved today the application for formal sanction of the detention of Samuel Insull, former Chicago utilities operator, in connection with American extradition proceedings The former Chlcagoan on Saturday was taken to a private hospital on doctors' orders after a second attempt (Continued on Page Two) SMALL BLAZE LATE MONDAY A carelessly thrown clgaret Is be lieved to have caused a small fire on the Secondr street viaduct at 4:20 o'clock . yesterday -afternoon. The blaze, which was attacking planks on top of the desk, was quickly extin guished by the fire department. FASCIST FASHION NOTES FASCISM MEETS I TELL MUSSOLINI I ABOUT THISr- f - Marooned 4,000 in Maryland Resort iJ 3.2 Sea Serpent XurmOutTQBe A Sea Otter SEATTLE, Aug. 20 (JP) Tourists In wet British Columbia, Just over the border, have reported annually the peregrinations of ogopogo, a "sea serpent with a head like a sheep," who, according to legend, takes a vacation In Washington lakes occasionally. ; -Clti2ens who reported him In Lake Washington here recently were accused of sighting the rep tile through bottles of 3.2 beer. He was) Identified as a sea otter, a species almost extinct in the Pa cific northwest now, but undoubt edly resembling a sea serpent when swimming. , ' - FROM COLORADO Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rhodes had as their guests Monday Mr. and Mrs. Blrnle Ford and two sons, of Denver, Colo., who were en route to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ford made their home In La Grande about 17 years ago. IM IRELAND FRINGED ecus SHIQ.T WITH BLACK AMP -BLUe EYES TO fvVMTH . I DON'T care ABOUT THE COLOR IS IT- BULLET-iPROOF? 1 RAINS END FIRE CRISIS Showers During Night Check Greatest Forest Blaze in State History. PORTLAND, Ore., Allff. 21) (JP "Hani"! Tho militant cry ranff th rou f;h tho uniokhiff wwhIh in every fire righting canip In Northwestern Oregon as heavy h dower during the night cndeil mi inunedlute crisis In the coast rahge iiioun talus where for 15 dnys the great wit forcut coiiflag- rutlon In Oregon's history had been niRlng. To the 4000 sweating, begrimed and weary men who had battled blis tering heat and unsurmountable edds in a futile attempt to control the great fires, the Tain meant at least temporary respite. (Continued on Page Two) NAME ICKES AS ' NEW OIL "CZAR" HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Aug. 20 W President Roosevelt today named Har old L. Ickes, his secretary of the in terior, as the administrator of the new working agreement for the oi! Industry.- The president will namo the other 14 members of the oil planning and conservation committee within . tho next 24 hours, taking under consid eration a list of names submitted by Ickes. As oil administrator Ickes will have tho virtual power of dictator over this Industry which has been engaged in a war that led to over production and a wrecking of prices, Prlco fixing la possible. Ickes also Is the Roosevelt admin istrator of the $3,300,000,000 publl? works program. Wheat Today The price of local nmli wheat stood today nt 53 cents bulk, nr. cording to ouotaUem.i at the IMo neer Flouring Mllbt. CHICAGO, Aug. 20 W) Liquida tion developed in grains late today and pushed wheat prices down five cento a bushel, the maximum per mitted In a day, with all other cer eals off sharply, - Wheat rallied somewhat near ihe close as support developed from cosh interests and resting orders to buy on all recessions. At the close, wheat was weak and 3 to 3o below yesterday's finish. Corn was alAo weak and 2!4 to 2Vao off, oaU 1 to lc down, ryo 33Hc lower and provisions at declines of 2 to 35c, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME K. K. I'Ell.MITS (lOI.I) KALKS 8COKN8 SENATOR'S STORY ARMY, NAVY GET MONEY ' SWIMS ENGLISH CHANNEL r IIYDB l'ARK, N. Y Aug. 2D (PI i'renldent Roosevelt toduy lifted the gold embargo to permit huIm ot nett mined gold abroad und ut the winw time lightened the rextrletloiui agnliuft hourilliig. The two executive order were burned suddenly today by the president JiiHt us he dearted tor an automobile Uiur ujHKtute. NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (P) Edwoaii P. Mulrooney, former police commUi slonor, una recent head of the New York state alcoholic beveraffe control board, said today he saw no gangsters or thugs among the guesta at the Sands Point Bath club Saturday Might when United States Senator Huey Long was punched. WASllINOTON,;Aug. 20 P) Tile nublla works administration today al Inted $3(1,1180,1156 to the war depart ment for continuation of flood con trol work an the lower Mississippi river and $13,000,000 to the navy for construction and repair work nt shore stations and navy yards. . DOVER, England, Aug. 30 m The English channel was today, con quored for the first time this year when Miss 8unny Lowry. 22-year-old Manchester, England, girl arrived at South Foreland after swimming from Cape Oris Nez, France, In about 16 hours. , AGRICULTURE ACT CONSTITUTIONAL 'JUSTICE RULES WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 m Jus tice Daniel W, O'Donoghue or the District of Columbia supreme court today upheld the constitutionality of the agriculture adjustment act. Dismissing a suit for a temporary injunction which would restrain. Sec retary Wallace from enforcing , the Chicago mJlkshed agreement, ihe de clared the emergency Justified the law. Attorneys Nell Burtclnshaw and Nugent Dodds for tho plaintiffs an nounced they would appeal the de cision. The suits were entered against Wal lace by Milton B. Beck, Stickney, 111., and the Economy Milk company of Norman Park, 111. Both are wayside (Continued On Pago Four) RETURNS FROM BOARD MEETING Dr. J. L. Ingle returned tills morn ing from Portland where he attended the meeting of - the state board of medical examiners of which he Is the osteopathic member. Forty-eight licenses were issued to young doctors to practice In the state of Oregon. Huey, With Scar, Has Dandy Story He Was "Ganged" " MILWAUKEE. Wis., Aug. 29 W) Senator Huey Long, of Louisiana, wore a scar over his left eye to day, the only remaining evidence, he said, of an attack upon him by three or four men while he was attending a charity benefit at a place near Great Neck,, L. I. In a written statement which ho gave out last night following pub lication in. Now York of a report that he had been punched while a guest at a fashionable Long Is land spot, last Saturday night, tho bo na tor sold he had been repeated -!y threatened and warned that he might be attacked at any time. j INQUIRING Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked MM question ot the day. Through the courtesy oi Manager c. M. Wlgnt each Interviewed will be granted-two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is 4111 all-star cast in "Gold. Diggers of 1IKIX" Thus far Samuel Insull has hidden behind Greece's skirts to shield him self from prosecution for various of fenses named against him In the United States. This country so far has been powerless because Greece has not ibel willing to force Insull to return to this country. Miss Burmallne Hall. 1806 Second street, soys, "I do not bellece that an alleged criminal should bo Immune from punishment simply because he SIX KILLED, 40 INJURED ON S. P. LINE Several Others Possibly Drowned, According to v 'First Reports. , , BROKEN BRIDGE CAUSE OF WRECK Tragedy Strikes Crack, Transcontinental Golden State' Limited Near Tu-i cumcari. ' ; - ; TUCUMCARI, N. M Aug. 89 IIP)-, Six persons were killed, forty Injured and severul others possibly drowned . at dawn today when the crack trans continental aolderi State limited of, the . Kock , Island railroad went , through a .broken bridge over what , normally Is a dry creek bed five mDes '. west of here. . i : . .-' ' The engine and six coaches plunged ' Into, a raging torrent seat hurtling, down the orroyo .by heavy rains ell-., maxed by a four-Inch fall aa night. Five sleeping cam remained, upright on the bridge. .' . The limited was bound from Lea ' AngeleB to Chicago. .The 'wreck oc- curred on the Southern Paclflo line. ' the train operating over tracks of ' that road west of Tucumcorl and over the Rock Island lines east of here. O. J. ,Crost, of Tucumcorl, the en- v glnecr, was feeling his way carefully ; at ao.mllos an hour through the. flooded danger zone, railroad officials ' said, .when the forepart of the.. train-1,-' tell Into the: death trap. Croet dltd Instantly. ; His was the only bodjr ' identified. ; . ; , :,! vV " No passenger list was available and . no Immediate effort was . made' ' to Identify the dead, chief attention be-, ing turned to aiding of the Injured and the searoh of the wreckage, ' . - Airplane Wrecks ; , Cause 7 Deaths In Southwest CLOVIS, N. M., Aug. 39 (Pi ' . A . trl-motor plane of the Transcontlnen- . tan Western Air Line crashed 30 mtiea west of liere during the night and 1U two passengers, and two' pilots,- were reported killed. '. " i' AMAH.ILLO, Tex., Aug. 29 VP) T, W. A. officials here said passengers on ' an air Uner that crashed early today 00 miles southwest of Clovls, N, M., were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gore, Al- ' buquerque, N. M., and their 3-Tear-old granddaughter, Evelyn Gore, . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gore, ' Amarlllo. The report was confirmed by relatives. Paul Gore Is employed In the post office here. SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Aug, 39 WV Two Randolph field pursuit training planes collided In midair four miles northwest of the flying field this morning, sending three filers to their . deaths while a fourth Jumped to safety. Lieutenant Harley R, Grater, flying Instructor and two cadeta whose names were not ' determined, wero Instantly killed. J. J. FOLEY TO ' ATTEND SALE J. J. Foley, prominent local sheep raiser, went to Pendleton today to attend tho seventh annual Oregon Ram Sale which Is being held at the Round-Up grounds. Five hundred head of select rams are to be put on the auction block and sold to the highest bidder. Rams have boon con- : slgnedi to the sale from Calofrnla, Washington and Oregon. Good prices are expected as the sheep Industry Is In better condition this year than lost. .' ' . ; REPORTER j has fled to another country. Countries should havo mutual agreements for extradition and should reciprocate 111 the matter." John Mantz, 2007 North Fir street, says, "I do not believe that a country should bove tile right to extradite a person from ono country to another unless tho crime 1b one against pity such as murder or kidnaping, or crlmo against probity that Is gener ally recognized throughout the world," I
