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A.A.- U. W. Convention Obens Here This Afternoon ! ;v----,t La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" . Only Newspaper Printed iri La Grande : Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTEUN OREGON'S LEAD1NO NKWSI'Al'EH LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 33 OPEN MBS ON ELGIN-WES ROM """ Mr v aaaa TON UNIVERSITY FOR SESSION Eastern ' Oregon Normal School Women Host esses at Opening Tea STATE OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN CITY Several Delegates Taken to Wallowa Wonderland Today; Big Banquet at : 6:30 Tonight ' Stale officers, women htgh in edu cational circles throughout the state of Oregon, are gathered In La Grande today for the 10th minimi conference or the American Association of Uni versity Women which opened this af ternoon ut 2:30 o'clock with a tea given by, the Associated Women Stu dents of the Eastern Oregon Normal school to the visiting officers and delegates. " Mrs. Virgil Earle, of Eugene, state president; Mrs. John Plankinton. president of the Portland branch; Mrs. U. T. Merwln, of Portland, state publicity chairman; Mrs. Kate Jame son, of Corvallls, vice president and chairman of the membership com mittee; Mrs. H. R. La2lett, of Cor vallls; Mrs. G. A. Johnson, chairman of the North. Pacific division fellow ship committee; Miss Amanda Zabel of La Grande, secretary - treasurer; Mrs. O. E. Ash, of Astoria; and Mrs. William A. Purccll, of Portland, have Important roles in the two-day con ference. Dr. Morris ChenowetlV, of the de partment of philosophy, of the Uni . versltv of Idaho, will be the principal 'J .speaker at the banuefc tonight for wnicn aDOUTi. iou reservations nuvu been made. The banquet will be held at 6:30 o'clock at the La Grande hotel ball room. Mrs. Fred E. Kiddle Is chairman of the banquet and luncheon commit S tee and Is assisted by Miss Blanche Clark, Miss Kate Houx. Miss Mabel Doty and Miss Agnes Palmer. Delegates Visit Wondcrlund Several of the delegates were taken to Wallowa Lake 'today by Miss Mabel Morton, of the hospitality committee. Miss Dorothy Klrby and Miss Imogen Russell complete the committee. Musical numbers have been fur nished for the conference by Miss Jennie Peterson, Miss Kathryn Bar tain and Miss Florence Day. Mrs. L. T. Merwln. former state president, was to preside at the branch presidents' section meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock,. Following the banquet tonight the La Grande branch of the A. A. U. W. will be hostesses at a reception for the visiting delegates. , The sessions tomorrow will open 4 at 8:45 o'clock In the morning with the meeting of fellowship chairmen with, Mrs. Johnson. The business meeting will follow at 9:30 o'clock when tli -nominating committee, headed by Dr. Lowa Ager, of La Gfrandc, will report. Reports of standing committees will be given as follows: Treasurer's report, Miss Amanda Znbel, La Grande. Report of stand ing committee: Membership, Denn Kate W. Jameson, Cor vail is; cduca- ( Continued on Page Bix) County Budget ' Committee Will Meet Tomorrow The county budget for 1934 will be tentatively drawn up at a, meet ing of the budget committee in the court house tomorrow, beginning at 0 a. m. Besides the members of the county court. Judge U. G. Couch and Com missioners W. R. Loci better, of Alicel, and Tom Johnson, of Cove, the fol lowing are members of the commit tee: J. J. Foley, of La Grande; J. A. GasktU, of Allcel, and George Ben son, of Union. RECALLS LOST WAGON TRAIN OF YEAR '45 The lost immigrant train of '45. or the mystery of the lost Blue Bucket mine sounds like an old Bret Harte romance when told by Clyde J. Roberts, 604 Adams avenue. Mr. Roberts has made extensive research Into the district along the south side of the Crooked river In Oregon ana has found the spots where gold Is said to have been taken In 1848. The wagon train has been traced by Mr. Roberts from the Malheur river wet for 45 miles on the brakes of the Crooked river. WILL ROGERS rSgys: BEVERLY HILLS, Oal., Oct. 13 Wo ore celebrating Columbus titty here and lie never oven saw Cali fornia. (Chamber of commerce fell down again.) Old "Eric the Bed" from Garbo land already had o home in America where he spent his summers, but this Columbus was qulto a fellow. He Is the only man then or since who ever had a queen pawning Jewels. Columbus was an Italian, but he mode Spain pay his fare. . ..' The other night up to Charley Chaplin's house 1 met Emll Ludwlg, the world's greatest biographer, who has written more thing about big men than Walter Wlnohell has about little ones. Well, Ludwlg tells me that Napoleon was an Italian, too. He was Just operating under the aus pices of France. Lafayette saved the United States. Pershing and some Englishmen saved France. Canlt find where any local boy ever made good at home. I got to got with this Ludwlg and go Into history deeper when Chaplin ain't around. Yours In search of facts, . ROMAN COINS OF ANCIENT MAKE ON DISPLAY AT TEA II. V. Van Wanner, exhibiting Ko mun coins that were made before the time ot Clirlst, received the rec ognition for having the oldest dis play at the antique tea sponsored by St. Peter's guild yesterday after noon anil evening at llonan hail. - Mrs: " Ncilio -Nelll- with 23ntrlos was given the prlao for the greatest number, contributing materially to make up the total of 213 antiques registered Dy Mrs. pump lockwooo. and her committee during the show. Mrs. Harriett MacDonald arranged tle following program: piano and violin duet, toy Anita Hermann and (Continued on Page Six, MORE TOURISTS STOP HERE THIS YEAR THAN LAST Out-ofBtato tourist registrations at the La Orando chamber of com merce show an Increase of 287 over last year, according to Miss Mae Wal dorff, assistant secretary at the chamber office. A total of 1520 have received non-resident stickers there since Jan. 1, 1033, while last year at the same time 1233 had been Issued. r -nlctr,,tlnrtfi In other bureaus have decreased this year, acoordlng to Information sent w uic i"-,.. chamber by Secretary of Stato Hal E. Hoss. CARL HELM HOME FROM PORTLAND District Attorney Carl G. Helm, who has been recovering from Injuries sustained In an automobile accident on the Columbia River highway when his automobile collided with another last month, returned to La Grande this morning by train. His knee cap was fractured in seven places and It will be necessary to keep his leg In a cast for some time yet. He will return to his office In the New Foley building In a few days. Mr. Helm was injured when return ing from Portland whore he, accom panied by Jesse Brcshears, Union county sheriff, had gone to Investi gate the case of Louis Stevens, slayer of John Allen, aged Cove man. Stevens is now serving a life term In the state penitentiary. The nephew of Joseph Meads, the first United States marshal In Ore gon, led the wagon train, taking It over a new trail. It became lost and when the men finally got out of the heavily wooded district they told of the mines. Mr. Roberts lived for seven years neighbor to one who was a boy In the Immigrant train. Prom him he learned the landmarks and later went several times Into the Crooked river country which Is not (Continued on Page Pour) NRA PARADE WILL INCLUDE MANY STUNTS Eagles' Mixed Drill Team to Present Blue Eagle Maneuvers STREET DANCING TO FOLLOW MARCH Fireworks for Big Dis- ; play Arrive; Wrangler Music to Be One Fea ture of Celebration URGE ALL TO PARTICIPATE All in this community who feel that the NRA has brought them some benefits, particularly the wage earners, are urged, to enter the parade Saturday night. A sec tion has been provided for them, and the committee urges that they show their appreciation for NRA benefits by participating. The parado moves at 8 p. m. and they should be there before that time. , Additional details regarding the great NItA parade to be staged here ; tomorrow night beginning at 8 o'clock j were announced today by the officials of the Central Ialior council in charge of the program. Also, It was announced that a street dance wilt begin as soon as the parade disbands, on Adams avenue between Depot and Elm streets. For those who do not care to dance, the Blue Mountain Wranglers, and Blue Mountain Cowboys will play hVronj- ..of. the. Liberty theatre, a& long - as" the crowd" desires. " During;' this program there will be two-minute talks explaining the NRA and Vhat (it has done. Vocal solos also ate .'being arranged for. The program will (Contlpued on Page Six Committees On NRA Compliance Campaign Report Reports of committees working on tho compliance phase of the NRA campaign in La Grande wero heard at an NRA executive commlttco meeting last evening. The reports were favorable, with ell (but nine cases reported settled. There were 42 complaints on file when tho com pliance work began and slnco then several more wero filed. Several places are yet to be con tacted, but on the whole, the com pliance work is progressing very well, Chairman R. Z. Baxter said. Samuel Gompers Lives On in Bronze Memorial Labor paid Imprcsslvo trlhuto to Samuel Gompors, In dedication ot tho bronzo monument to tho Into president of tho American Federation ot Labor, shown at right, In Washington. President nooao- vnli ip plinwn in siinniiouo aa lie ndnrossed tho grout audience. BUSINESS "PICKUP" .THIS WEEK BEST OF SEASON OVER NATION W1LKINS HOME FROM TRIP TO MIDDLE WEST '.returned from a 30-day trip to tno mlddlo west. They attended the world's fair and the national con vention of tho American Legion In Chicago. Before returning ,io La Grande, Mr. Wllklns also attended a conference in Salem.r Both. Mr. Wllklns, who is field in spector for tho world far veterans ptate aid commission, and Mrs .Wll klns were delegates to the national convention from the local post and auxiliary. YOUNG PEOPLE PRESENT PLAY THIS EVENING roung pcoplo of tho Christian church will present a play, "Along the Missouri" at the church at 8 o'clock tonight. Special scenery has been obtained for the play, tho orchestra will fur nish music and other items have been arranged for to enhance the program. AUTUMN LEAVES NEW VOICK, Oct. 13 (IT Dun nnd Brndstreet said today that the "most Imprcsslvo pickup or the full season occurred this week in general trade movements." ' -. . "The first full week of seasonable wtvher,' stated tho agency's review, bmughtfreports from all parts of the country of sharp increases in re toll distribution, particularly pro nounced in rural communities, with the strong drive of tho 'buy now' campaign proving a powerful stimu lus to tho spread of the demand for merchandise. "Tho reports wero accompanied by advices of labor difficulties being straightened out completely In some industries and. partially in others, removing one of tho most serious handicaps to progress during the last few weeks. 1 "Financial conditions have become noticeably easier, with work already under way to remove the last linger ing traces of (tho almost complete cessation of banking facilities last March. "Tho extent of tho business up trend since Juno, accompanied by the steady rise of employment and Increase in payrolls,, has developed a new public psychology, which Is now ono of spending rather than hoard hMJ." FAR EASTERN CRISISNEAR RUSSIANSSAY Relation's With Japan Are .. Due to Arrests MOSCOW, Oct. J.1 (IV-The tightly ilruwn cord of diplomatic relations between Itussla nnd .laimu wuh stretched a lilt nearer the breaking point today.. It was strained farther with rc- ports from Kliabarovsk, Siberia, of tho arrest of two moro sovlot offi cials of tho Chinese Eastern railway in the Japanese-assisted state, Man- chukuo. - k Only a few days ago, a sensation was created, hero with tho publica tion of what allegedly wore docu ments describing a Japancso plan to seize tho O. E. R. One by one, it was said, tho few remaining Soviets among tho road's officials were to bo removed, eventu ally giving Manchukuo complete control. Tlio two latest arrests reportedly wero made as Soviet Consul-General Slavutskl at Harbin renewed his de nuinds for an answer to his previous reports. Meanwhile, from Tokyo cntno t foreign offlco spokesman's state ment whloh Indicated. Japan's stand remained unchanged. "Several days of oaroful dellbenv tion," ho said, "will procedo Nippon's next niovo In -tho controversy." RECOVERY BOARD DECIDES COURSE WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 W) NRA officials moved to overrido challenges of President Roosevelt's recovery powers todoy after Joining farm ad ministrators In'rejecting proposals for minimum prico mark-ups In' retail stores. . Senator Wagner, of New York, bluntly forecast "they will bo re quired to npjicar," as ho summoned tho national labor hoard to act today on the refusal of Western Kentucky (Continued on Page Two) Wheat Today I.ik-u! ensli wheiil. sIihhI (mlay nt about 45 cent hulk, niixiril Ing to quotation (it the I'iiiueer Flouring MlllM. Portland cash wheat (II 'A cents. Chicago, Oct. 13 Ml Persistent selling ascribed largely to oastcrnors who hod bought at 10 cents abovo prices now current drovo wheat down today tho maximum limit allowed. . Leading trade authorities said' tho chief apparent reason for collapso of tho wheat market was lark of confi dence by new buyers. Much notice was taken of a sharp setback In Brit ish exchango accentuating tho effect of lower wheat quotations at Liver pool when translated Into American funds. Wheat closed prostrate at tho day's bottom' figures, 45Ho under Wednesday's finish, corn: 24 a, 34c down, oats 3 is 3 !4o off, nnd provi slons at 6(t22c decline. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME SAYS P. W. A. BEADY TO ACT '' MOT QUKIXBD IN N. Y. ,,. lUlIOK IE('I,A1U:S BOYCOTT ; CiKllMAN STAND CLARIFIED 8ALEM, Oct. 13 m Delay In securing approval of a IV I). A. loan and grunt for construction of five Oregon coast highway bridges Is due, to the failure of the state public works advisory bouril to puss upon and transmit the applications to Washington, Senator Ctias. L. McNury said he was ad vised from his office In the capital today. NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (fl) Mounted police rodo their horses through crowds of rioters today at NRA head uarters at the Hotel Pennsylvania in midtoww New York.- Police said radicals numbering 3600 were respon sible for the disorders. Moro than 60 arrests were made. WASIIINOTON. Oft. 13 VP) A boycott was declared by the Ameri can reiteration or tabor convention today ngillnst goods and services sup plied by (lermnny, Italy, Russia, Olilmt, or "any other country" which forlilds freo trade unionization. The executive council .i lutd recommended simply ii boycott -of Gerniun-miidc goods mill service, the boycott to continue until working people were allowed to organize anil tho "perse cution of Jewish, people" ceased. OENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 13 P) A German spokesman said today any nttempt to haul up Oermnny and; ask her to sign on the dotted line on a disarmament decision imnosed by others will be followed by the withdrawal of the Germans from the conference and perhaps from the league of nations. CLUB.WOMEN OF TO MEET OCT. 17 - fiavsrai members of tho Lev Grande Neighborhood club will Journey to Enterprise Oct. 17, to attend the con vention of tho Fifth district of the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs. Mrs. J. Ij, Rose wall, of Enterprise, Is president of tho district and Mrs. S. B. Morgan, of La Grande, Is one or tho members of tho board of di rectors. Tho Neighborhood club meeting. scheduled for that? day, has been postponed. All those who plan to attend aro urged to notify Miss Blanche Clark, 404-W. The Lost! no Community club, the Wallowa Woman's club end tho En terprise Woman's club will -bo host esses for tho convention, tho sessions of which will be; held In tho Knights of Pythias hall at Enterprise, Mi's. Cliarlcs B 1 1 you , of Dal las, stato president of tho Oregon Feder ation, and Mrs. 6adlo Orr-Dunbar, of Portland, post president, will attend. Tho program: 10:00 Welcome; iprayor; flag sa lute; America, Tho Beautiful; Ore gon, My Oregon. 10:30 Roll call of presidents or (Continued on Pago Six) FORD IS LOSER IN $100,009 ACTION PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13 (P) Ver dict of $100,000 against Henry Ford was awarded today by a Jury in tho suits Involving tho Detroit manufac turer and th Sweeten Automobile company of this city, Tho Jury was out threo hours. Ford sued, tho Sweeten Automobile company for $0,800 admitted to be due on promissory notes, and the Bwcotcn concern brought a counter action to recover $160,110 whloh It claimed It lost as a result of Ford taking over tho Lincoln Motor com pany, - CHISELERS NOT TO GET WHEAT MONEY WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 Wl Tho farm adjustment administration Is determined. to cross the toll-hardened palm of tho nation's whoat farmer with a bit of currency he can call his own. To accomplish this, George C. Par rell, associate chief of the whoat sec tion sold today, the administration must spoil the plans of a legion awaiting acreae reduction adjust ment payments with an eagorness equal to that of the growers. "Clilsclcrs aro abroad In tho land TO GRADE 6 MILES; MYERS, GOULDERLOW Seattle Contractors Suit- mit Offer of $96,324 for Local Project ' WORK WILL BEGIN BY NOVEMBER 5 Operations to Start Eight Miles .Northwest ol.Uil- , gin and Then Extend Northerly : (. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 13 VP) A tow bid of 06,324 was submitted here today for grading six miles of the Weston-Elgin highway In union county, Oregon, when bku were o pencil by the federal bureau of pub- llo roads. The wont will be pan ox the forest highway recovery program,' Myers A Goulder, Seattle contractors, submitted the low proposal. The work will start eight miles northwest of Elgin and will extend northerly. Motal , culverts will on : used. Work should be under way by NOV. 5. " '' Tho Colonial Building company ot Spokane bid S00.277, and S. H, Sewell and company of. Portland was next with a bid of 104,743. .. , .Work on the first section of the Elgln-Wcston road already' Is under way, according to 'recent announce ment. Contract for' the first part of the project was let last month. Bids were originally called for In two sec. , ttons. . .,:. . " t Sheriff Beaten And Tossed From Bridge in Texas . WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Oct. 13 (AT. Sheriff Perry Browning was slugged and tossed from a bridge into the Wichita rlvor hero last night by three of seven , men he arrested, 'be cause of their suspicious actions 'near a railroad trestle. ' - The river-Is virtually dry near the brldgo and tho sheriff, after regain . Ing consciousness, crawled to a fill ing station. Ho was taken to a hos pital where physicians said they could not Immediately determine tho extent of his Injuries. LIMA, Ohio. Oct. 13 ffl Harry Plerpont, escaped. Michigan City, Ind. convict, was identified by county and city police from pictures today as tho slayer of Sheriff Jess I. Sar-. bcr, killed when John L. DtUlnger, paroled Indiana convtot and suspect ed, bank robber, was liberated from tho Allen county Jail last night. L.H.S. Students To Participate In NRA Parade Assemblies wero hold today nt the Ln, orando High school to arrange i for participation by high school stu dents ln the NBA parade tomorrow evening. Miss Daphne Bowey, pres ident of the Associated Girl Stu dents, has boon chosen by the NBA commlttco as ono of the queens of the "Death of Doprosslon" parado. In tho absence of A. L. Gralapp. who Is at The Dalles football game, J. (II. Blunt, of tho social science de- partmont, was In charge It Is ex pected tliat a largo numbor of stu dents will partlchiato In tho parade. Roosevelt Will Speak to Nation WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (IT) Presi dent Roosevelt will address the na-' tlon for seven minutes at 10 p. rh., E. S. T., tonight from tho White Houso. Ills subject has not been announced. with all sorts of schemes for edging In on the farmers' adjustment chocks." rarrell declared, "but tho money Is going Klrectly Into the farmers' hands without lion, assign ment or attachments. "It will be a bit of money he can call his own, something he can use to buy the wife a new hat or the 'kids' some toys. "And Incidentally that might be the bost way to spend some ot the (Continued From Page Two)
