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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1933)
Grid Fans! - Give E. 0. N. A Hand By Turning Out For Idaho Game lEttjfttttt 1 Only Newspaper J Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties J La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America. VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREOON'a LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 45. v ' " CITY BUDGET HEARING IS THIS EVENING Tax Levy . Proposed For v i 1934 is $2775 Less Than ' ; One This Year. COUNTY BUDGET HEARING NOV. 13 Total Savings of $54,611' - Foi La Grande Taxpay ers in Three Budgets . . Drawn Up. ' The first of a series of three bud get hearing that must be held be fore city, county and. school budgets for the coining year are finally ap proved, Is scheduled for this evening. The city budget will be before the public at the city commission room at 7:30 o'clock. After the liearlng final action will be taken. ' These healings present to taxpay ers the opportunity to either sup- jjuiv w uujwk mj any items iu tue y budgets as drawn up earlier this vjr vwiiuiudwc, Alloy aic U3U to Che public under the provisions of the law. Taking the three budgets the city, county and school a total savings of 454,011 as compared with the 1933 figures is shown. This means that If ho changes ore made In the three budgets, the tax levy ithat must be paid by La Orande people will ibe nearly 955,000 less next year than this year. The city budget, calling for a' -levy of S128.58O.90. Is S2775 less than for 1933. The county budget, with the hear ing set for Nov. 13,. Is $51,836 less than for 1933.. The sohool -budget, with the date of hearing not yet set, Is exactly the same as for 1933. I. Pep Band From . Idaho College I Due Here Today Twenty-two members of the Col- lege of Idaho pep iband were to ar ; rive here about 2:30 o'clock, this af ternoon, to aid Eastern Oregon Nor- mnl school students In engendering t enthusiasm for the football game here J between the two schools tomorrow afternoon. En route to La Grande the band was to give a short concert at Baker : (Continued On Page Pour) RAINFALLS IN , EAST OREGON; MORE LIKELY : Rain dampened Eastern Oregon this afternoon, the first in several - days. A heavy rain storm was report i ed In Western Oregon and it was bc- lieved that the local storm was of the same origin. The weather prediction this morn ; Ing was for rain tonight and torn or - row throughout Oregon. MINOR TRAFFIC ' ACCIDENT HERE M. W. Moore, of La Orande, and . Joe Gtvens, of Walla Walla, figured in a traffic accident at Eighth and N streets Thursday. No one was hurt. MR. ROBOT COMES TO TOWN TOMORROW Mr. Robot, the mechanical man, ' the Golden West Coffee Man, Is com ing to La Grande! He will arrive here tomorrow 'morn ing for a tour (through the city, and ' will make his first appearance .promptly at ten minutes to eleven o'clock at The Observer office. After this ho will visit several grocery stores and business houses in the city (a list of which appears else where In an advertisement toy M. J. , Ooss in today's paper); . i During his appearances he will do the biddlngi of Miss Golden West and of his keeper, George Crowder, Well, you ask, what Is he? Is he man or mechanical machine? 1 Hundreds of La Granders, young and old, sophisticated and unsophls- tloated, will be asking those same , questions after they've seen the Gol den West Coffee Man. ; It will be a new experience locally, this seeing a figure that does things ( with almost human proficiency. At : first glance the majority think It a human figure, but as It comes closer with its Jerky movements and that , fixed, glassy stare, the conviction may become more pronounced that it Is a machine. But Is It? Walt until you see him and then see what your reaction Is! Maybe you'll think him human, maybe ro bot thaf remains for the future to say. Mystery surrounds this robot, which Is so' near man in action and appear ance that many witnesses call it hu- WILL ROGER? BEVERLY HI I ilft Col., Oct. 28 All the western states held a con vention here In Los Angeles the other day on taxation to see what the Tun ing of the various states was costing 'em. Well, they found It was cost ing 'em so much that they are talk ing now about letting Mexico have them bock. It's taken since (I believe it was 1812) for us to realize Mexico won that war, but, like all conventions, It did nothing but hold a business meeting and pass some resolutions, then hold a banquet and the waiters passed some cocktails, then they all went home and got ready to vote for the same politicians that put the last tax raise on 'em. But a good tlmo was had by all. Please pass the gravy. Yours, MAM MRS. BARBARA HUG DIES HERE TODAY; FUNERAL SUNDAY Mrs. Barbara Elizabeth Hug, pioneer resident of the Orande Ronde valley, died at her home at 2708 North Maple street this morning. Funeral ser vices will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Summervllle chapel with Rev. Paul De F. Mortl more, of the Christian church, in charge. Burial will take place In the family plot in the 8ummerville ceme tery. Friends may view the body at Walkers Funeral home. She 1b survived by three sons, Ray, of Summervllle: Glenn, of Elgin, and Arnold, of La urande; -by one daugh ter, Mrs. Grace Splvey, of La Grande; by two sisters Mrs. Julius Speaker (Continued on Page Eight) 2 MORE SERVICE STATIONSROBBED v HERE LAST NIGHT Two more - service stations were robbed last night, apparently by the same hold up man who took $30 from a service station here earlier this week, according to descriptions given to the police. In each case, a youth, about 10 or 20, entered the station and took available money, keeping attendants at bay with a gun. The youth took $G from the Plain View station on East Adams about 6:60 last evening and then took $10 from the Douhan station In the Y between Cove and Island Avenues about 9 p. m. So fur, officers have been unable to find any trace of the thief. OBLIGING BUCK IS SHOT BY HUNTER . With the closing of the deer season, numerous hunting stories are making the rounds. Perhaps two of the best of them follow received by the Ob server today over the Associated Press; PENDLETON, Ore.. Oct. 27 P While John Penland was deer hunt ing, he sat down on a log to examine rv.ntlmiprt on Pnen Two-N man. The majority of views, how ever, it Is declared, are positive that it Is a mechanical device operated by electricity, clock work or radio control. Opinion Is divided as to what causes the robot to have such mar velous .balance, and how it con run a car, open a safe, cut meat, wrap packages and do many other amaz ing feats. The eyes never close resembling two pieces of glass. The waxen head looks quite human, even to the extent of tiny hairs about the face end ears, resembling a beard. Maybe it Is a beard maybe it Is hu man you yourself Judge tomorrow I The appearances of Mr. Robot here ore sponsored toy the makers of Gol den West coffee. Mr. Robot Coming MRS. N. FREES SELECTED AS P. T. OFFICER One of Assistant Vice Presidents of Oregon Congress of P, T. A. RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF LEADERS Mrs. Frees President ,of City Council , and Also Member of Board of Education Here. Airs. Norman Frees, of La Grande, was elected one of the assistant vice presidents of tile Oregon Congress of Parents .and Teachers at the election heltf late yesterday In Salem. Her selection Is regarded as a high honor to Mrs. Frees, and also as recognition of the splendid parent teacher work which Is being accomplished In this city. Mrs. Frees has been very active in work of this kind for several years and at present Is president of the City Council of Parent Teacher Asso ciations here. She also is a member (Continued on Page Two) ELKS RULER WILL BE HERE NOV. 21 Walter Meyer, of Seattle, grand exalted ruler of the B. P. O. Elks. will be a visitor of the La Orande lodge on Nov. 21, it was announced Thursday night at a meeting at the temple. Extensive plans are under way for a noon meeting, the details of which will be announced! later. The '49 show committee also re ported on the successful show which was held last week. Jesse V. An drews hoaded the committee In charge. ". Col. of Idaho No Weight Pos. Weight No. East Normal Stark ' 25 170 LE 158 12' Bredow S. Tyson 35 206 LT 173 21 H. Hayden Shelton 36 154 LG 170 20 J. Hayden Hawley 17 175 C 215 , 2 Owsley Esson 27 161 RG 165 6 1 Pearson Boatman 20 205 RT 190 10 1 Cammon Carlson 22 165 RE 185 19 Hanks Swan 11 158 Q 168 23 Crawford Sayre 13 152 HB 171 3 Lassen McReynolds 18 178 HB 157 i6 Petterson Maxwell 28 186 F 196 5 T. Hodgen Substitutes: Ida!io McLinn (2), Briggs (4), Brown (3), Bidiganetta (5), Biladeau (10), Fitch (12), Roberts (15), Tompson (21); Clinton (26), Powers (30), Kipp, McDonald, Smith, Strait, B. Tyson. E. O. N. Burnett (11), Smith (8), Miles (14), B. Hodgen (24), Myrick (7), Bomstedt (4), Halverson (9), Beers (15), Sannar (13), Geist (22), Beery (18), Jackson (17). EVERYBODY C PLEA.Se WILL YOU BORROW A. FEW r S)ijy v BIC FOOTBALL ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEKEND Pendleton and La Grande High Schools Playing Here This Afternoon. IDAHO AND E. O.N. TANGLE SATURDAY Normal School Students to Stage Giant Bonfire Rally Tonight; Street Parade Tomorrow. The biggest football weekend of the year for JLa Orande was under way this afternoon, with the Pendleton High school eleven meeting the Tig ers of L. II. 8. both In the race for the Northeastern Oregon champloib shlp. v t And tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock, the strong College . of Idaho northwest conference team, coached by Loren Basler, will invade La Orande to meet Coach Bob Quinn'a Mountaineers of the Eastern Oregon Normal school on the E. O. N. athletlo field. Both games appear likely to be ex ceedingly close, and football fans ex pect a program that will give' them plenty of thrills. The Pendleton team arrived here this morning In tip-top Bhape for the (Continued Prom Page Two) SEATTLE MAN IS FINED IN HUNTING CASE Charles Tucker, of Seattle, arrested by the state police on charges of hunting pheasants without an Ore gon license, was fined $25 and! costs in the Justice of peace court yester day. Judge L. Denham remitted $1'8 of the man's fine. ' Tucker shot one pheasant, state policemen said. HAS HIS TROUBLES HAPPY? THEY'RE DEE-LIGHTED .....nil ii ni What mokes FrunrcH Doe and Joel McCrca, both of the movletf, so happy Ih that they've both signed contracts for life with each other, Murrled In Rye, N. V., the happy, couple here are shown at V , their New York hotel. ENTERPRISE MAN WINS FIRST AT PORTLAND SHOW POUTI,ND Ore.; Oct. 21 (AT'' itnllili Doiialtltion, - Enterprise ' "ttrpS' stockRrowctvwiw today annrnwl tlrsl prize nt the IMvlrio Iiitnrmitlniiul IJvaitock Exposition In tlio Union 8lock.vardH plR rrallng contest, ile Hleiucd itu Hpiir iog raising in tlic Pacific northwest. Prank Susplva.. of.. Nampa, Idalio, was named resorve champion, and penbert Wolaborn of Morlngo, Woah.. was credited with, showing the champion record book In tho contest. In the cattle Judging, O, E. Lewis, f continued on Page Eight) HARVEST MOON BALL PLANNED The annual Harvest Moon benefit ball sponsored by tho Eagles drill team will bo held tomorrow evening and extensive plana have 'been made for the event. Appropriate decora tions will be erected as a setting for the dance In the Bogles, hall at 0 o'clock. J. P. Proffltt Is chairman of the committee In charge. , THESE DAYS LONE EAGLE AVOIDS THE CROWDJODAY Entrance Into City Made Secretly, Not Like Arrival in 1927.' ' PARIS, Oct. 27 (ff) Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Llnilher(,rh, slipping Nccrctly Into Inrls to avoid another tumultuous hero's we Ironic, traveled toilay over familiar streets, completely unobserved by Parisians whose cheers nx years ngo abas lied the modest filer. No crowds swarmed at the door step when Lindbergh left the hotel Crillon guarCtedly and went by auto mobile to Lcs Maureaux to Inspect the plane which brought the couple through a storm from Inverness, Scotland. In contrast with his 1027 trip when ho flew alone, he came out of the night shrouded foggy sky last night accompanied toy Mrs. Lindbergh to alight at the Lcs Maureaux naval airport on the Sen 1 no, 26 miles west of here. Tho takeoff had been made at In verness, Scotland. The couple then was brought un noticed to tho hotel Crillon In this city, recognized only by airport of ficers who had been ordered to main- (Continued on Page Etght CHAMPION STEER SOLD FOR $300 The 850-pound grand champion steer at the Pacific International Livestock exposition, belonging to June Conrad, of Imbler, was sold at auction to Kenneth D. Dawson, vice president of the States Steamship company, for $300, according to word received hero today from Portland. Miss Conrad received 35 cents a pound for her prize-winning animal. The moat will be used on Dawson's ships leaving Portland for tho Orlont. Wheat Today Tile prlc of local wheat NtomI at uliocit III ncnlH bulk tmlny, . iirconllnK Ut iiiHrtntlonrt nt tile I'luiiciT flouring Mill. I'nrtlnml CWh Ti centH. CHICAGO, Oct. 27 W) Wheat made lively advances In prloo lato to day following report Uned staU Bovcrnment nponsorecl purchases of wheat had been resumed. The report of a renowul of federal wheat activities wcro apparently due to buying of car lots of wheat In ChlcaKO and 8t. Louis for tho farm ers nntlonal grain corporation. A further ndvnnce of the Washington (told price fell Hot; as grain market Influence. Wheat closed strong at nearly the day's top. 3i3c above yesterday's finish, corn rtl'Ac up. oats 1ct l',c advnnccd. and provisions at 2 cents to 13 cents decline JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME 24 M1SHINO IN LAKH STORM (lAMlHTKKN GUNK HARK m , TltKE FRUIT MCENSB SIGNED CODE ENFORCEMENT PLANNED WINNIPEG, Oct. 87 VP) Twenty four persons, the jmssengem and crew of two lake bout, were reported mlstf Ing today following violent squalls at the northern end of Lake Winnipeg. The boatti are five tlays overdue. CHIOAQO, Oct. 27 W Six metho dical killers assassinated Patsy Damn to. 30, today as he sat In 'his north side cafe, playing cards. Suddenly six men at the oar turned toward him as If by a signal. One of tho killers fired and Domato fell with, a bullet wound In the head. Three more shots were fired Into his body, then the gunmen fled. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (AT Secre tary Wallace today signed a license which bln!B those Affected by the noruuvcsi tree rruit marketing agree ment to observe Its conditions. WASHINGTON, Oot. 27 WPV NRA'a code enforcement policy definitely manifested today that Industries will be entrusted with self-government only to tlie extent that they show capacity and responsibility. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 OT A $.10,000,000 lever for aiftlng commod ity prices was In President Roosevelt's hands toduy, ready for spending In shnplng gold's price Bevels. The re construction rorHrutlon nude the account' uvnllulile to finance ' the itoosuvelt irullar-contrnl policy. , DISSENSION IN RANKS OF FARM STRIKERS TODAY v By the Awtoclated Pram Dissension apparently has entered the ranks of somo farmers In the strike caleld by the National Farmers' Holiday association to boost prices. ' An antl-hollday association was the object of a group of Southwestern Iowa Juniors." They met nt Olcn wqod, and took preliminary steps yesterday to form an , organization whose business would be to keep farm products going to market. Meanwhile In Wisconsin, where the (Continued on Page Bight) RETAIL BUSINESS MAKING GAINS IN WESTERN STATES SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 Iff) The Federal Resorve Bank of San Fran cisco reports Its rotall trade Index, based on detailed sales records of 28 department stores of the Pacific slope, advanced to 72 In September from 70 In August, This was on an actual dally averngo of dollar sales. A year ago the actual Index was 76. (Continued on Pago Eight) Hunter Kills Pack Burro , , And Walks Home And then there's tho hunter who killed his pack burro and had to walk homo pack-a-back. An elk hunter, whoso name we daro not reveal, packed Jnto the Wnllowa country on a burro to enjoy the elk hunting. The burro was turned loose to graze while the hunter took his gun and set out. ' Creeping stealthily through tho trees ho saw a brown animal brousing In the brush. Taking careful aim he fired. Tho animal went down. The hunter rnn, exultantly, to tho scene of tho carnage, antici pating a lal'no elk. Howover, what ho found wns his own burro, gasp ing Its last. BUSINESS SHOW BUY PORTLAND, Oro. (Special) Busi ness surveys over the whole country, conducted by various official and un official agencies, Bnow that Ameri cans aro rallyliiK to tho "Buy Now" campaign with tho samo patriotic loyalty which cluiroctorlwd tholr support of tho World war program, NrtA officers hero reportod today. II, E. Kinney, president of the Now York Savings Bank association, re ported that suvlnfts banks over the nation had roortcd an Increase In tho number of account during Sep tember for the first tlmo In many months. This Is due to tiio Increase In employment. Variety stores In the U. 8. placed FORD PLANT HEAD FLAYS N. R. A. CHIEF Says Johnson Seeks to Be Dictator, Supreme Court in, Own Actions. CHARGES HIM WITH "GRAVE INJUSTICE' In Meantime, Johnson Says .When Jle Has 1 Evidence of Code Viola-, tions, He Will Act DETROIT, Oct. 27 Iff) A state- ' ment frois) the Ford Motor Co., this afternoon declared Hugh h, Johnson, recovery administrator, "has attempt ed a , grave Injustice upon a law abiding American Industry," and baa "assumed to talk like a dictator and tlie supreme court, combined''; In , chaining the Furd company "baa not complied with the law."" " The statement said the company has compiled with the law In every respect, but declared "signing a cods Is not in the law, and flying the Qlue Eagle Is not In the law." : WASHINGTON, Oct, 27 Iff) Ad- ' vised of a statement from the Forpy Motor company questioning Ills ref erences to It, Hugh 8, Johnson, KEA . head, today Issued a statement say ing he would not enter into any con- ' troversy but tlie moment he had evt- " deuce the concern was violating . the ' automobile code lie would not "hesi tate to act." . . . . ., . ' ; "I have no Intention," ' said the '.. Johnson statement, "of entering Into a newspaper discussion with a Mr. ' Cameron." , (He referred to W. J. .. Cameron, an advisor to Font through ; . whose office statements for the Mo tor company are Issued to the press)'. . "Mr. Edsel Fond told me that the Ford Motor company would submit I to' no code that required collective : 'bargaining. ' I havo ' never said that -I havo concrete evidence of direct' (Continued on Page lgbt : .. ' .....'..;,'.'. Vj: 'HW'-'; F.R. Gives Negro Reprieve; Missed Death 2 Minutes WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (P) Two minutes before he was soheduled to d!e in the electrlo chair for murder. William -Washington, ' negro, -was granted a two day reprieve today through a personal telephone call by , President Roosevelt. , , : , , Edward Robinson, another negro convicted of the murder of Mannie Solomon, Washington taxi cab driver shot In a holdup July 38, 1031,' was electrocuted a few minutes later without knowing the life of his com panion had been spared temporarily. Mr. Roosevelt acted after receiving a recommendation from James O. Biggs, the solicitor general, a reprieve ' be granted so fresh evidence could bo Investigated. Previously, President Roosevelt had commuted to life Imprisonment the death sentence of Leonard Laytdrmi third negro convicted of the same crime. . . , . - u Birthday of T. R. And Navy Day Are Celebrated Today OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Oct. 27 MP) To a big house where a woman In black lives there came today mes sages from fur and near for it was the 76th anniversary of the birth of the late Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs, Roosevelt, the widow of the former president, who died In 1010, spent tho day quietly, recolvlng the tokens of remembrance and devotion. Heading a delegation In an annual pilgrimage to the hlllsslde grave, Brig. Oen. Lucius R. Holbrook plan- ne-d to placo on the grave a wreath sent by President Franklin D. Roose velt. The nation also celebrated Navy day today because Theodore Roose velt was such a strong supporter of the navy, SURVEYS NOW MOVE their September business at S8.800, 000, compared to 86,300,000 during August and $53,600,000 for September 1032. Building permits during September sonrnd, tlie 840,720,700 total con structlon licensed ibelng nearly double the construction licensed during July or August, Tho International Business Ma chines corporation reported tlie largest volume of business during September in Its history, the total exceeding tho June, 1020 record tho provlous high by 14 per cent. These are only a few of the In creases reported. There are many others. , '
