R. C. Griffin, Killed In Accident, To Be Buried Tuesday
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VOLUME 32
EASTERN- OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 58
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FOUR INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
JN DENSE FOG
Jack Fariss Sr., Montgom
ery Ward Store Man
ager, Has Broken Pelvis
GRIFFIN FUNERAL
WILL BE TUESDAY
; Others Injured in Acci
;: dent Were Mrs. Hanne
field, Elsie Toombs and
i Carl Stoddard. ,
Dense fog was blamed today for a
tragic automobile accident tliot oc
curred at mllepost 294, between La
Grande and Hot Lake on the Old
Oregon Trail highway eurly Satuntay
morning. Raymond Charles Griffin,
young La Grande man, was fatally In
jured and four others were seriously
hurt.
A car (driven toy Jack Fariss Jr. had
stopped, according to. reports made to
the officers, when a truck driven toy
Carl Stoddard, of La Grande, hit It
from behind. Mr. Stoddard reported
he was going at a low rate of -speed
hut did not see the other car In time
to avoid It or come to a stop.
District Attorney Carl Helm and
Coroner George Walker said there will
be no Inquest until later, as all wit
nesses axe In the 'hospital.
Jack Forks Sr. Injured
' The list of injured included: Jock
Fariss Sr., manager of the La Grande
Montgomery Ward is Oo. store, frac
tured pelvis, cuts and 'bruises about
the face and head; Mrs. Lynn Kanna
I field, broken leg; Elsie Toombs, brok
en leg; Mr. Stoddard, several broken
ribs, broken teeth and lacerated
tongue. ;
Mr. Fariss, the most seriously In
jured of the group, was reported to
day at the Grande Ronde hospital as
showing .Improvement, although' it
will be some 'tune ibefore he will ibe
able to leave the hospital. Jack Fariss
Jr. and Mrs. George Singer, another
passenger in the car, escaped with
practicably no Injuries.
Mr. Griffin's skull was fractured
and he died about 10 a. m. without
gaining consciousness. The accident
occurred about 1 o'clock, according to
state police who investigated.
Both cars were going toward On
ion.
Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Mr. Griffin will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Snod grass and Zimmer
man mortuary with Rev. William
Crosby Ross, Presbyterian minister of
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Knights Templar
Officials To Be
Here Tomorrow
Lloyd L. Scott, grand generalissimo,
and D. Rufus Cheney, grand record
er, both of Portland; Herbert L.
Toney, department grand commander,
of McMlnnvllle,. and D. Bruce Stew
art, Inspector general, of Corvallls, all
officers of the Grande Commandery
of Oregon, Knights Templar, will pay
on official visit to the Eastern Ore
gon Commandery No. 6 of La Grande
on Tuesday evening. -
A no-host dinner will be held at
the La Grande hotel at 6:30 p. m.
and all resident and visiting Sir
Knights are Invited.
REP. PIERCE TO
SPEAK AT L. H. S.
Congressman Walter Pierce will ad
dress a social science assembly at the
High school Tuesday-at 11 a. m. ac
cording td J. H. Bunt, head of the
department. There are about 150
students In the department and as
semblies are held with various busi
ness and professional men speaking
In order that the students may get
as many contacts with life as Is possible.
HUNTING LICENSE IS
NECESSARY TO TRAP
Believe It or not, hut trapping
I? hunting In the state of Oregon,
and anyone who Intends to trap
mtiskrat, mink or what have yon,
must get a 3 Oregon hunting
Ik-ense.
This in the Information re
ceived from state police head
quarters In Ia Grande.
The open season for otter, mar
tin, mink, risher and raccoon Is
from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 .and the
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ROGERS
r$gys:
BEVERLY HILLS; ' Col., Nov. 13
Just been talking tochy out here to
all the senators investigating these
stock swindles and overcapitaliza
tions. There -has been millions and
hundreds of millions lost. There
ought to be some' form of guardian
ship for people that buy all this
Junk. Get cr,rabers of commerce,
clubs, prlestsVtfccachers. (Don't get
school teachers, for they say they
are the biggest suckers). - Education
won't do It, for they say less than S
per cent of these sales are made to
the ones we have educated up till
they are Just smart enough to fall
for everything that comes along.
- Yours,
hit, fief
TWO MATINEES OF
SENIOR PLAY TO
BE STAGED ALSO
Two afternoon matinees of "The
Intimate Stranger," senior ploy at
the La Grande High school, wilt be
presented Tuesday and Wednesday
in the High school gymnasium, It was
announced today. Evening perform
ances will be held on Thursday and
Friday evening. Tickets are on re
serve at the Glass Drugs Inc.
Pupils of Greenwood, Ackerman and
Willow schools will attend on Tues
day while Rlverla and Central will
attend the Wednesdny matinee.
Charles Skinner Is business man-
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GAY M'LAREN AT
E. O.N. ASSEMBLY
Gay McLaren displayed line dra
matic ability and appreciation in her
presentation of "Helena's Boys" this
morning before the student ftxJdy of
the Eastern Oregon Normal school.
"Helena's Boys" was first popularized
by the eminent actress, Minnie Mad
dern Piske, and Miss McLaren played
a spirited part In Mrs. Flake's famous
role, doing honor to the precedent
set by the world famous actress.
Miss McLaren assumed all tlie
characters but gave particular em
phasis to the leading role which Mrs.
Flake played.
JOSEPH WOMAN
HURT IN WRECK
LOSTINE (Special) Mrs. Harry
Carpenter, of Joseph, and -a Mrs. Er
vln received serious injuries Sunday
In an auto collision on the highway
In Lostlne, and were token -by ambul
ance to the Enterprise hospital for
examination and treatment.
The accident occurred when Rob
ert Bowman drove onto the highway,
made a left turn and apparently did
not see the other car approaching.
Both cars were sl.htly damaged.
ROES MOVE TO
THIS VALLEY
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Roe arrived re
cently from Hettinger, N. Dak., to
make their home In the valley. Mrs.
Roe graduated from h. H. S. In 1031
as Mildred Dodge. She had moved
here with her folks from Dakotasand
returning for a visit was married.
BAND TO MEET
THIS EVENING
Regular rehearsal of the La' Grande
band will 'be held tonight at eight
o'clock at the Central Church of
Christ. At the meeting of the band
last week it was decided to Insist
upon regular attendance of the mem
bers and to replace with new mem
bers those who no longer showed In
terest in the organization, A full re
hearsal la very much desired for to
night. open season on musk rat Is from
Jan. 1 to April 15.
There Is no open season for
bpover.
The lairs further state that It
It unlawful to molest the traps
of a properly licensed trapper.
It Is not necessary to mark a
trap unless It Is on a trail or
path where it might endanger a
passerby.
KIDNAPED
A. ,3
Brooke Hart, 22, son of a wealthy
Kan Jose, Col., family, whose dis
appearance Thursday night was
followed by a telephonic demand,
from San Francisco, to Ills fumily
that they pay $40,000 ransom.
City, county, state and federal
officers are hunting the abduc
tors. 250 PHEASANTS
ARE LIBERATED
IN THIS COUNTY
Two hundred end fifty Chinese
pheasants were received In Union
county Friday from the state game
"form" ln"ndletm according Ho an
nouncement today by Oscar Poarch.
The birds,- full-grown, were liberated
over the valley.
This makes about. 1200 -pheasants
received In Union county this year,
and some 300 are being kept In the
local holding pens near the sewage
disposal plant for release next spring.
TIGERS DEFEAT
IN ARMISTICE DAY GRID
BATTLE HERE 27 TO 7
Swept ofr their feet In tho first
period by a determined linker alt ark
that culminated In a touchdown, the
Tigers Saturday came Imck Jn tho
second period to even the count and
then swung into stride in the last
half to score three more tout'lMlowns.
The final score was 27 to 7 in favor
or La Grande High, mid this victor'
left only no more obstacle between
a second Northeastern Oregon cluun
ploushfp In two years I'cndleton,
THE THANKSGIVING BIRDS ARE BEGINNING TO ARRIVE
CELEBRATION
LURES MANY
TO LA GRANDE
Armistice Day ,0bserved
Here Baker, Wallowa,
Union Counties All Rep
resented. -
One of the most successful Armls
tlce day celebrations ever held In- la
Grande was staged Saturday, by the
American Legion. From the opening
of the midnight dance Friday, night
at tioodurod lake to the closing .of
the dance here Saturday at midnight,
the duy wast full of Interest.. v.
A large crowd gathered , here from
all nearby counties, witnessing ,the
parade held at 11 a. ma., with. , the
legionnaires, their drum corps,,' the
national guard, the L. H. S. band,
war veterans, Union legionnaires and
patriotic and other organizations tak
ing part. The.parade, impressive and
colorful with the many types of uni
forms, was followed by a noon lunch'
eon lor ex-service men and others
In the parade, hold at the Odd Fel
lows temple.
At 2 p. m. tho La Omnde and
Baker football teams played at the
High, school, and at 8 p. m. a boxing
card was held at the Sacajawea Inn,
the evening dance starting at 9 p. m.
The legion drum corps, Oregon
champion tills year, took, a leading
port In the day's events.
E. L. Knight was chairman of the
legion committee In charge of the
celebration.
A large crowd gathered at the Lib-
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OIL TRAILER
IS OVERTURNED
An oil truck trailer was overturned
Just the other side of the Telocasot
overhead crossing yesterday, whon the
driver of the truck swerved to the
side to avoid hitting another car. The
truck remained upright. No one was
Injured. -
BULLDOGS
which entertains the l II. S. foot
bull team next Saturday.
Throughout the first quarter, the
Bulldogs onslaught carried everything
before it. Finally a, Baker fumble on
the one foot line was recovered by La
Grande but on the next play, R, De
Bole's attempted -punt was blocked
and Southard fell on the oval 'behind
the! La Grande goal line. Sliinn drop-
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WALLOWA BANK ROBBERS
IT &
in i : n.
: Here are the Wallowa hank robbers and their raptor. Lett, James'
lluchnne, ex-coitvlct from San CJulnten; Cliff McOimilHr Wullowa
' . farmer who captured Dliehane and JesMO 1. Paul, esoniHMl lifer from,
: Oklahoma; lliul, at right, James A. Dement, Wallowu Kim pub
lisher. - Paul has been tuken to Oklahoma and Duuluitie to the stuto
prison at Salem.
Piano Concert
Begins Tonight
At M5 O'Clock
Tonight at 8:16 o'clock La Orande
will be treated to a musical program
which ex cells anything presented
here In a considerable time. David
Campbell, pianist who has presented
concerts in the leading cities of the
world, will be presented at the Saca
Jawea Annex.
Mr. Campbell has announced a
varied and difficult program which
press reports from other newspapers
describe as technically excellent. ;,
$20.00 STOLEN
FROM SAFE AT
ZWEIFEL SHOP
The Zwclfcl Plumbing1 shop was en
tered sometime Saturday night, pre
sumably by picking the lock or using
a pass key, and $20 In cash stolen
from the safe. Warrants and checks
were not touched. Tho safe was
opened iby working tlio conibl nation,
according to Mr. Zweifel.
WHITE HOUSk 7
EACH COUNTY
TM IT 0 .17 IT I
111 I - - HI - ".
Ill U. u. ii ILL
BE GIVEN AID
New Relief Move, to Allow
Winter Road Projects
.Up to $5,000. ;
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (P) In
a move to create employment through
road htilldinp. T. II. MacDounld
chief of the bureau of public roads
today culled upon all state highway
departments to submit by wire pro
jects for cueh county In their Juris
diction to cost up to .".000.
To highway department heads, he
wired the federal relief administra
tion through Us local agencies would
furnish 66 per cent of the cost and
that there would! bo a setup of "fed
eral funds in tho atato highway de
partments possibly to the extent of
35 per cent of the total expendi
tures." The program will bo under general
supervision of maintenance officials
of state highway departments and
will be In supplement to the bureau's
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BAKER MAN KILLS
HIMSELF SUNDAY
BAKER, NOV. 13 W) W. E. Mc
Klnnoy, of Baker, killed himself early
Sunday morning with a .30 calibre
pistol before his wife and three other
persons after the live had returned,
from a public dance.
McKJnncy, who was 35 years old,
stood In a doorway and with the re
mark, "Look at tills" pulled the trig
ger of the gun. Ho died en route to
a hospital in an ambulance. Officers
woro told tho man had threatened
several times to kilt himself during
tho last three months.
Wheat Today
The price of IimiiI rash wheat
Klooil at about 55 'i renin hulk
today, Hceonlliift to (Uto(n(liinK
at tlie I I oncer Flouring MJLIh.
Tori land cauli 71 cents.
CHICAGO, Nov. 13 m Most of
tho tlmo today, wheat hovered at
around Ofl cents for May contracts,
averaging two cents a bushel higher
than Friday's finish.
Tho advance of wheat was ascribed
chiefly to bullish aspects of mone
tary developments over the weekend,
especially official announcement that
no change was contemplated In the
United Btates policy of gold purchas
ing hero and abroad. The market for
wheat, however, ran Into selling or
ders above 05 cents for May, owing
lnrgely to selling horo against pur
chases at Minneapolis,
Wheat closed firm 1 2c over Fri
day's finish, corn .lc up, oats
o advanced, and provisions showing
lie to 16c gain. ' t j
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
F1KB FATAL TO ONE
KEDUCB INTEREST ON LOANS
w
CODE CHALLENGED
FUGITIVE SHOT POWN
OAKLAND, Col., Nov. 13 ) One
man was burned to dentil, several In
jured and a score or more houses de
stroyed In a fire that broke out In
the lreavlly wooded Oakland hills to
day and was still raging' out of con
trol shortly before noon despite the
efforts or between .2,000 and 3.000
emergency fighters. ; , ., . . .
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS W The
reconstruction corporation today re
duced Interest on loons to railroads
from 5 to 4 por cent -a year for the
12 months 'beginning last November
1, with the understanding that the
carriers will use the. savings to em
ploy additional men during the win
ter.
. PORTLAND, Ore., Nor: 13 (AV-5ult
was filed tn federal court liere today
challenging the authority jf the
board of the Went Coast Lumbermen's
association, acting us the adminis
trative agency or the NBA lumber
code, to rent riot operation of the
Willamette Vul)ey Lumber company
plant at Dallas, Ore., "in such a way
us to be uneconomic." .
PEORIA, 111., Nov. 13 (P Russell
Hughes, 36, was shot and killed Jn a
barber shop today by police seeking
to question him about the purported
operations of "Handsome Jack" Klu-
tos half million dollar . kidnaping
gang. - j
ST. LOUIH, Nov. 13 CIV-The United
States circuit court of appeals totfhy
affirmed the conviction and sentenc
ing of Wilbur U, Fosliay .and Henry
II, Henley, both of Minneapolis; fur
lifiuej the. malls to . defraud, .
GERMAN VOTERS
SUPPORT HITLER
AND HIS PLANS
By Louis i. Locliner
BERLIN, Nov. 13 tfP) - Elected! by
a nearly unanimous ballot, 661 Nazis
and near-Nazis will march into Kroll
opera houso on or about December 1
for the opening session of the largest
relchstag ever assembled.
Not only the great , election of
relchstag representatives was heart'
enlng to Chancellor Hitler and his
aides, but also the overwhelming vote
of the plebiscite which showed more
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NEW DEMAND FOR
RANSOM RECEIVED
BAN JOSE, CM., Nov. 13 (P) Rela
tives disclosed today that they had
received a telegram from Bacramento
suggesting the payment of (20,000
as a. compromise ransom for the re
turn of Brooke Hart, 22, son of a
wealthy San Jose merchant who dis
appeared last Thursday arid who
apparently was kidnaped.
The now demand preceded by sev
eral hours the arrest In Oakland of
Burr W. Poole, a prlntor suspected of
having some connection with a gang
which officers said might have been
responsible for young Hart's disap
pearance. TAX OFFICIALS
HERE TODAY
Chnrles V. Oalloway and Arthur
V. Selnndor, state tax commission of
ficials, are. meeting In La Orande to
day with County Assessor D. H. Proc
tor looking over property tha't has
been appealed to the commission.
EASTERN U. S. HIT
BY SEVERE STORMS
y (lie Anor luted Press
Death, property damage, and dis
comfort today marked the trails of
two meteorological disturbances a
heavy snow storm In portions of the
east and a blinding hard-driven
series of freakish dust storms that
pelted middle westerners with dirt.
A dozen or more (Deaths were at
tributed to tho two attacks by the
olemcnts. Seven of the deaths occur
red in the Rochestor, N, Y., region,
blanketed by snow over the weekend.
One man lost his lifo off the coast
of Capo May, N. J whon a barge
sank during a gale. Two others
wero reported drowned at Leaming
ton, Out., while in new Hampshire
a young mountain climber perished
from exposure In a snow storm.
OFFICE AT
BAKERTOBE
MOVED HERE
Headquarters For , Five
Counties in Eastern
.f Oregon Zone.
INTERNAL REVENUE:
CHANGE ON NOV. 15
P.". S. Schafer, , Present
Deputy .Collector at
Baker, to Give Up Post ,
on That jDay. '.' .'.
Charles Lloyd Welch received the
appointment of Eastern Oregon (dep
uty Internal revenue collector In this
zone una will move the office from
Uaker to La Grande, It was learned
today. YV. A. DelzelL chief of the
field division of Internal revenue for
Oregon, Is In La Grande to assist Mr.
Walch In establishing his office In '
the federal building, the plfloe to be
open foi business on Nov. 15.
F.' O. Schafer, present deputy coi- -lector
with headquarters Jn . Baker,
has ibeen notified' hla appointment -will
expire on Nov. IB, ' He has been
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Oregon Worried
About Word From
Secretary I ekes
! PORXLANbr'noVi 13 . Grave eon,
cern continued In Oregon today over
word from Washington, D.- O., that
Secretary Ickes. publlo works admin
istrator, had declared Oregon and
other Pacific Cbast states already
have received their share of publlo
works money. '
Marshal N. Dana, northwest region
al adviser for the publlo works ad
ministration, Immediately telegraph
ed Ickes for an explanation. . '
Lindberghs Lose
Way And Land On
Flight Over Spain
MADRID, Nov. 13 (P) Colonel ana
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, landed
safely today near Oaldelas Du Tuy.
province of Fontevedera, on a flight
across Spain.
Original reports were that the Am
erican filers, who took of from 6an
tona, Spain, for Portugal, Had been
forced down near the little village top ,
tho mountains.
The Lindberghs descended to a
landing ibecause they lost their way
In the clouds and rain which en
veloped the Spanish coasts - ' . ;
BIG AUDIENCE i
HEARS SERMON
SUNDAY NIGHT,
Another capacity audience filled
tho Central Church of Christ Sunday
night. Paul De F. Mortlmore, pastor,
of the church, spoke on the subject
"Henpecked Husbands and ; Foolish.
Wlvos."
In tho sermon last night Mr. Mor
tlmore stated that Adam was the first
henpecked husband Eve the first
foolish wife. He stated that Eve's
foolishness consisted of believing the
He thnt Satan told her and stated
that tho Ills of the world are trace
able direct to this event. He said
that Sampson was the biggest hen
pecked husband who ever lived and
that his difficulty lay In the fact
that ho went to the wrong place to
got a wife. Several other Biblical
characters were named and striking
lessons drawn from each.
Republic, Mich., reported two trap
pers were believed lost in the vicinity
of Oraplte Lake, while two duck
hunters were missing on Lake St.
Clair. ...
Driven by high winds, orginatlng
over Saskatchewan, the midwest de
luge of (fust early today was appar
ently sweeping toward the east,
where It was expected to spend Itself
In rain. - '
In South Dakota and Minnesota
tho winds reached gale proportions.
The swirling dust caught the
crowds at the closing night at Ghl
cago's Century of Progress, sending
scores of men, women and children
to the fair's hospital for eye treat
mont.