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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1933)
National Guard Rifle Tetims To Compete Sunday La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland . of America" VOLUME 32 La Grande Chamber Of Commerce Makes Trip 18 IN GROUP AT MEETING WEDNESDAY President C. H. Reynolds Extends Greetings and Invitation to Baker. U. P. OFFICIAL IS LUNCHEON SPEAKER Explains Position of Rail roads "We Are Asking Only. For Fair Treat ment' He Says. Eighteen La Gt-nmle men Joined lit the clinmber of commerce good will trip to linker j'estcrdii', intend ing a combined luncheon of the linker chuinher of commerce, Lions and Klwnnis clubs. It was the first goodwill trip to linker tukeu by the l.a Grande chamber In several years. Charles H. Reynolds, president of the chamber, extended grestlngs from Li Grande and Invited Baker resi dents to make a return visit. The position of the railroads In t.n TTniti Rtn.Lt as to their Com petitive relations with other agencies of transportation was explained at the luncneon Djr ueorge mupuy, u. nmahn rt1n.ptu- nf th DUbllC reUv tlons department of the Union-Pa- cillc Bysrcm, WHO cnuiuii&eu ww pub lic for allowing the government to subsidize the bus and freight line companies by furnishing highways free of charge. ah t.h other agencies of trans portation have to do is buy some gasoime ana go out onw wib m, way in competition with the rail roads and merchnnts in the small towns." Mr. Brophy said. "The only (Continued on Page Eight) State Officers Will Attend C. E. Meeting in Baker Wnrrt hnn VtPAn received from heftd- quartera. of the Oregon Christian En deavor union mat inree ouwura w the state organization In addition to those already announced, will be In attendance at the convention of the Grande Ronde C. E. Union at Baker c-t- ic la h 17 Thnso who Will I attend will be Miss Helen McOlay, of Oregon City, president oi wie bwh nnin T)ninh pnrh(ii nf Warren, vice president and Veldon Dlment of Newberg. regional vice presiaeni, ioi w v. 1 1 1 Dr.iir anri IWn rl n n TTtllonS. The latter is also Christian Endeavor World representative and won a free trip to the international convention at Milwaukee, Wis., in JUiy Dy vir- flm tinvlim aatlltYlri t.flO TYKYlt BUD' scriptions to this publication of any In tha trrram nf fttdteS icjiicaciiMtiiTC aai o r . of which Oregon Is a part. He also won the oratorical conwsv w state at the convention at Eugene (Continued on Pnge Thre LOCAL FROSTS PREDICTED IN EAST OREGON "Local frosts In Eastern Oregon tonieht." That was the weather prediction from Portland this morning, and local people were preparing to protect ten derer vegetation. The prediction also was for rising temperatures Friday with fair weather returning tonight. The maximum here Wednesday was 68 above and the minimum last night 47. Both Wefncsday ond this morn .Inff were nnrtlv cloudv. CHECK UP ON FLUES FIRE CHIEF URGES With the hope of preventing fires which might be avoided by exercis ing a Bmall amount of precaution. Fire Chief C. T. Llndsey Is urging T that local people check up on their heating equipment before the chilly weather sets In. He particularly urges that all debris, trash, etc., around furnaces or basement stoves' that were Idle this summer, be cleaned up. Annual ly, such neglect results In fires when autumn comes around. (g EASTERN OKEGON'S LEADING WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA. Cal.i' Sept.- 6 Even experts don't know vwha-t the weather- will do, -even-.'riiljllonalr don't know what Wall stree will do. There Is millions of things that nobody knows anything about' li ad vance, but the dumbest fciiy in the world knows that the minute a Latin-American country Has )fe ' revolur tlon that It Is Just the opening game of a scries of 'em. You know We got the wrdns Im pression of a revolulton. They are raised on 'em down there. They love 'em; It's their only relaxation. Sure, people get killed sometimes. If It's a first class grade A revolution, Thev may lose about as many as we lose over our weekends ray -trying w pass somebody on a turn. ' There Is one thing about a Latin American country. No matter who Is running It, they ore always run the same. Yours, ' CONSUMERS' DRIVE HERE COMPLETED Hundred Per Cent Sign up of NRA Reported; Committees Praised .n (irniuin consumers were 100 per cent signed up under the Wile Eagle, K. Z. Ilaxter, clullrman or the locui MIA committee, announced this morning. The consumers' drive was completed last night by Mr. Ilaxter and William Kunyan. Nearly 2000 vir slimed, with 08 more re ported since the last tabulation. At the same time, it is reported that only a few employers lnt this district remain unsigned, with some of them hoiH nn hpenuse of trending action on the codes being submitted to the I Continued on Face Elghtf LOCKWCOD ASKS FOR MORE FIRE DRILLS LOCALLY Charging that promised monthly fire drills have not been held and objecting to silent alarms. Bud iock- 1 mamhtxr of t.hfi VOlUntceT fire department, asked the city commis sioners wnat tney wm- about it at the weekly meeting last night, Mr. Lockwood also gave as his opinion that the volunteers should have some one in their ranks desig nated as assistant fire chief. The upshot of the matter was thav Victor Ft. Melville, president of the commission, after pointing out that the fire deportment has shown fine results this year, referred the (Continued on Page Five) CAR IS STOLEN HERE LAST NIGHT A 1030 Chevrolet sedan belonging to Lawrence Evans was stolen from the corner of Jefferson avenue and Fir street about 8:45 o'clock last night. The theft was reported to the police. The car was found abandoned this (Continued on Page Two) Cleaning out of flues Is onothcr Important Item, he says, and he re ports that anyone who wlshee their chimney or flue Inspected may have this done by notifying him. Flue fires often occur when th strong fall and winter winds increase the draft coincident with larger fires in the stoves ond furnaces, and sometimes these flue fires result In more damaging olazes. "A little work and attention now may prevent many damaging fires this fall and winter," he said. (a ratute NEWSPAPER EAST OREGON RIFLE SHOOT NEXT SUNDAY National Guard Com panies to Compete on Range, Near This City. LA GRANDE HOPES TO SCORE VICTORY Since Annual Event Was Started in 1925 Com pany E Riflemen Have Yet to Taste Defeat. '; The ninth annual Second Battalion rifle shoot of the lKGth Infantry, Ore gon national guard, will be held at the rlrle range near Hot Lake Sunday, Sept. Ill, It was announced today by Colonel Italph R. Huron. La Grande, Pendleton, Baker and Union all will enter teams and com pany E, of La Granc'e, will be de fending the championship It first won in 1925 and which It never has re linquished since then. Last year La Grande's closest com petitor was Baker and Company F Intends to make another stiff bid for the title.- ' - - The match will begin at 10 a. m. with members of the La Grande com pany not- on rthe-team-serving -.oil-details. The' company will attend the match In full, and will receive reg-' ular pay, this taking the place of a drill not held last Monday. Course D will be fired and each company will have a six man team. Captain Walter A. Bean is range . (Continued on Pace Two) New Second Hand Store Ordinance Effective Oct. 6 The ordinance to regulate and 11 cense second hand stores, wrecking ihouses and other places dealing In second hand articles was read Tor a third time and formally adopted by the city commission last night a its weekly meeting. The ordinance doss not apply to those who take in sec ond hand articles only as part pay ment on new articles sold. Briefly, the ordinance makes It un lawful for second hand dealers to buy or sell from drunks or minors, (Continued on Page Five) LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933 President's Farewell' to' Happy 1 -i Ills' vacation at the summer White House nt Hyde Park over, Prosldont. Roosevolt waves goodliy to crowds as he loaves PoughkeopsloV N. Y., for ti leisurely coastal crulso back to , Washington aboard the yacht Nourmahal. Come to see' him off were Ills grandchildren "Slstle" and "Buzzle," and Profes sor Raymond Moley, left At right Is Vincent Astor, owner ot the Nourmahal. COUNTY TEACHERS TO GATHER, HERE iFRIDAY, SEPT. 22 A one-day annual Union county teachers Institute will be held In the study hall of La Grande High school on Friday. Sept. 22, beginning at 0:30 a. m.. It was announced to day by E. A. Sayre, county sohoDl superintendent. Congressman Walter M. Pierce, of La Grande, will give the opening ad dress, followed by an address by E. F. Carleton, after which 'a business session of the O. S. T. A. will be held before the noon hour. During the afternoon, beginning at 1:30 p. m., C. A. Howard, state sup erintendent of public Instruction, (Continued on Page Three) HILTONS HERE VISITING TODAY Frank Hilton, former garage own er of this city nnd prominent busi ness man, and Mrs. Hilton ore visit ing in La Grande today. They now mako their home In Hollywood, Cal. THE STAFF OF LIFE wnttw Sign NRA Cards Then Ask When Kwh Will Begin , ' Two men signed NBA consumers cards In the offices of R. Z. Bax ter, committee chairman hero yes terday, and then asked him for definite Information as to when they would go to work. "We understand that President Roosevelt has promised to put overybody to work if all co-operate under the Blue Eagle," one- or them- Is quoted as saying, "and we would like to know Just when we will be called out, so that wo ca n get our personal affairs straightened up before we go to work." Mr. Baxter explained the matter the best he could, but Is not sure yet that ho satisfied the two. GASOLINE PRICE ADVANCES A CENT The prlco of gasoline In all sta tions handling Standard and Shell (Continued on Page Five MEMBER ASSOCIATED To Baker Vacation Days FLOWER SHOW ISSTAGEDBY LOCAL CLUB Northside I m p r o vement Club Sponsors Successful Exhibit of Blossoms. Climaxing n summer season of nc tlvKy tlio Nurimiile . Improvement dull sponsored a very successful flow er slum yestenluy ut the Hccond Ward I.. I). . church In ..which ..exhibits were entered from 55 growers. Because of the demand the show, which was originally planned for the alter noon only, also was held In the evening and a large group of specta tors attended. Mrs. Herbert Evans and Mrs. Frank Anderson arranged program for the afternoon and d veiling, and the enter talnment was especially effective with the stage from which it was presented decorated to rescmhle a growing flow er garden. ( i The afternoon program Included "Dream of the Slicpherdess,' 'a vio lin and clarinet duet, by Misses Kath arine and draco Scully, accompanied by Mrs. Herbert Evans; "Little John nie's Breeches," a reading, by Mrs. William Workman; "Souvenir," violin solo by Mrs. Arta Herman, accom panied by Miss Mclva Shepherd; a Gypsy skit, presented by Misses Ro seltha Sirrlne, Norma Smith, Jean Hendrlchson and Lauwauanna (Continued on Page Eight) RED CROSS ROOM TO OPEN FRIDAY The Red Cross clothing supply room In the La Orondc Investment company building will be open to morrow for the distribution of cloth ing to school children whose parentB are unable to provide them. A com plete family record will be token on all applicants for clothing this year and only thone who can show they (Continued On Pago Five) Wheat Today j The price nf Iwnl eanli wheat hIwmI t4Hliiy at about 51 cent hulk, ac'onllng In q notations nt (lie I'loiim running Mills, CHICAGO, Spt. 7 (A) Porth rnlru? official crop report from mshlngton threw their stuulows over the grain markets today and led to material setbacks In prices. Almost from the ouUet. wheat trading was principally in small lots, with quotations tending downward and tho day's lowest level reached In the last half hour. Winnipeg report ed that hedging sales from rural sources totaled larger than export buying. Wheat closed weak, ld'ic un der yesterday's finish, corn Hfcial'ic down, oats i6ric oil, and pro visions varying from 5 cents setback to an esual odvanoo. PRESS AND A. B. C. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME , ' 1 ' LAMSON DEN IKS CHAIUiKS CLAIMS MIA VIOLATIONS KKTAII. TRADE IMPROVING SEEK EINSTEIN'S DEATH . SAN JOSE, Coll., Sept. 7 W Prwte outlon contentions that Mrs. David A. Lamsoii used subterfuge to evade amorous advances by her htwhuiul ami that hp klilfil Iht with an I rim pipe because of marltul discord were contradicted by Lamsun oil the wit ness statu! here today In Ills trlul oh murder charges. NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 7 Of) Eric Ross, labor union official, charges violations of the NRA at tho local Lea Fabrics Inc., factory, of which Gem. Hugh &. Johnson, . NRA admin istrator, is president, in telegrams sent , today to President Roosevelt, Oon. Johnson, Secretary of Labor Perkins and the labor board of the NRA, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 OP) Rapid Improvement in reUul trade conditions on the Pacific coast (lur ing August In Indicated by the cur rent report of the San Francisco board of tnule. The board's review of coses of rinanclatl embarrassment shows an accelerating decline In these troubles during recent months. BLANKENBERGHE, Belgium, Sept, 7 (;p)rof. Albert Einstein main tained his usual philosophical de tachment today when ho was In formed that a secret German nazl organization had set a price of 20,000 marks (currently $0,8000) . on his head. - - -'NEW YORK, ei)t. 7 VP) Aaron ttap'lru; Nw o uiwyeVnnd promot er well known mi thn Piiflfln rauiwt.. arrested here last July us n fugitive from . justice m Chicago, where he was indicted with Al Capone and 2$ others for conspiracy, surrendered at ioinbs prison today. BRICHOUX JAILED IN BAKER, ORE. ON MURDER CHARGES BAKER, Ore., Sept. 7 VP) Dave Br ichau x was In Jail hero today, faced with a charge of first degree murder In connection with the slay ing hero Aug. 23 of Mrs. Albert Koeli ler. Brlchoux, who returned hero vol untarily from Placervlllo, Idaho with officers several days ajo, was arrested last night when authorities hero re ceived information from Salem that a palm print found on a -bottlo with which police said Mrs. Koohler was believed to have ibeen struck, was Identical to Brlchoux's palm print. Tho body of Mrs. Kochler was found tlio morning after sho had been slain when neighbors called to visit her. Sho had been shot with a .32 Uber rovolvor, officers said, then apparently struck ovor tho head with tho bottle on which tlio palm ; (Continued on Pago Two) . PORTLAND DAY AT THE STATE FAIR SALEM, Sept. 7 (P) Portland day at tho stato fair so far drow tho fin est weather of the week today, with tho sun shining bright after one day of ruin and two of partly cloudy weather. But the attendance the first thrco clays exceeded that of a year ago by several thousand, officials reported. More than 4000 watched the races Wednesday, while the grandstand woe packed to capacity during the night iwrformnnce. Pnrl-mutuol wngor Ing was boosted by mora than 50 per cent over Monday's betting, duo most ly to inauguration of the one-dollar tickets for the first time since the racing hill became effective in Ore gon. Tho former minimum ticket wnfl two dollars. Tho Mrs. Julius L. Meier handicap, tho fifth race and tho longest, will feature tlio program today. Each (lay as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two pencils J trill be stopped at random on the street corner and asked Mm I question or the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight ' ' J each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the jj J Liberty Thrulre. Tho current attraction Is Richard Arlen nnd Jack I Onkle In "College Humor." 1 -, ! The accidental death oi Miss Flor ence Kllngcnsmlth at the national air races In Chicago Monday when competing against leading male avia tors brought up the question as to whether or not women shoultf. be en couraged In such competition, Harold Iloyt, 1400 Sixth strcot, says, Only NewspaJer ' . .; . Printed in La Grande J Covering Union and ' J Wallowa Counties ! NUMBER 2 CUBAN CALL EXPECTED AT ANY Squadron of Airplanes at, Quantico Ready to Take Off "At Any Minute." ; 30 WARSHIPS ARE ; NEAR TO HAVANA America Not to Intervene, However, if Responsible . Government is Set Up: On Island. ; : " AIAKINE BARRACKS, Quautloo, Va Hept. - 7 (P) A- Hqtuulron of marina .corps pLim'H at Brown field here waa ordered this ariernoon to maka raidy to lake ott "at any minute" for the noiitli in eoiuiectlon with the Cuban Hltuatioru The squadron Is composed ' of 12 two-place observation planes and several auxiliary planes. . When the orders came down to the (hangars for the Bquadron to moke full preparation, mechanics Immedi ately began to mount machine, gun . on the upper wings and In the real: cockpits, ,. : 30 U. S. WARSHIPS NEAR CUBA WASHINOfrON, Sept. 7 W With tho dispatch of 16 destroyers bringing to 30 the armada of American war vessels to border Cuba, the American government stood ready today to Und marines and blue jackets on the first! ; genuine threat go'Amciinit'cltlMnsr' , At the some time, there was reso lution against the momentous stop of taking oyer the Island's govern ment by armed Intervention. . Already the psychological' effect of American fighting vessals tn sight off the coast was seen as aiding In holding the ltd on the cauldron which Cuba has become. Orders In the hands of the com -manders of the destroyers, orulsera and tho one big battleship either en route to Cuban waters or already there were guarded' closely, but It) was understood the administration would not hesitate a moment tn put ting armed men ashore- to guard Americans and their property. If a government capable of pro tecting life and property Including the billion of American investments is established by the Cuban people, nothing hinting of Intervention wl)l be invoked. HAVANA STIRRED BY RUMORS HAVANA, Sept. 7 (P) Soldiers set up machine guns In uptown parks this afternoon as Havana was stirred by many confusing rumors, Includ ing an insistent report that tho United Btates would ask the two-day-old government to surrender power. A widely circulated rumor was that Manuel de Cespedes, who was deposed Washington would ask, the Carlos from the provlslonaly presidency by a radical coup d'etat, be placed at tho head of the government again with a new "cabinet of concentra tion," Such a cabinet would Include representatives of all revolutionary groups. . , . ; A heavy guard was placed around the presidential palace where the commission of five, the new rulers of Cuba, was in session. Communist meetings In celebration of international youth day were (Continued on Page Eight) Search For More Injured, Dead In Rio Grande Area HAULINOEN, Tex., Sept. 7 VP) Army ambulonce detachments today began a systematic search through hitherto lnaccesslblo sections of the hurricane - cTovostated lower Rio Grande valley for injured rofugees. It was considered likely additional fatalities would bo discovered in re mote communities unheard from since tho disastrous storm abated. A preliminary survey by the Red Cross, covering that part of the (Continued on Pago Two) - . "Women should be allowed to enter. Her sex had nothing to do with the cranh, Bhe was probably as good a pilot as any of the men." V Ray Snider. 1102 Twelfth, says. "Sure, let her go to It If she feels that way. If the women want to competo against the men, lot them."
