La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 20, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA Exalted Ruler Of Etks To Here La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland . . of America"' Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and . Wallowa Counties . m VOLUME 32 EASTIiltN OIIEOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1933 MEMI1ER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 64 I frv ilk, MEIER PRESENTS IK Grand Speak Tuesday eMT-FtOGEAM $IG MEETING OF CHAMBER IS SCHEDULED Besides Talk by Walter Meier, of Seattle, Baker Men to Attend. LUNCHEON TO HAVE LARGE ATTENDANCE A. A. Smith, of Baker, and H. E. Inlow, of La j- Grande, to Have Part :t r. i.: t i What is expected to be "the bcst atlemliMt liooii lunchconi of tlie Ij (iramlc cluunber of commerce belli here in recent years Is scheduled for Tuesday at noon, lit the l.a '(irunde lioUil,, nil li Walter Meier, of Seattle, grand exalted ruler of the l. P. O. Elks, as the finest spiker. ' In addition, about 40 or more Baker .business and professional men plan to attend, returning o. goodwill trip mado to Baker some months ago toy the La Grando chamber. ' Scores of Elks expect to attend, and they are being urged, to make reser vations before 9 o'clock tomorrow morning cither with Bob Williamson, local exalted ruler, or with. Harold Boone, secretary of tho ohamber of commerce. Mr. Meier will give a short talk during the luncheon ! hour and in 'addition there will be short talks by members of the Baker delegation, In- .. , ('Continued 'oit-JPago Throe) ...... t , ' . " ' ' ' Oregon Staters To Be Welcomed Here Wednesday Tho victorious Oregon State college football team, coached by Lon Stiner, will arrive In La Grando Wednesday night on No. 17 en route to Corvallls, and will be given a rousing welcome at the U. P. depot here. No. 17 ar rives here at 0:05 ana will leave at 0:20. Tom Bruce, president of the La Grande O. S. C. Alumni association, has appointed Les Kcffer, Harold Boone, Lyle Kiddle, Foster Blmms, Snap McManus as members of the committee on arrangements. A large crowd is expected at the deport for the welcome. The game in New York Saturday against Fordham, won by the Beavers, ft. to 6, closed their season for this year. It was the most successful in many years, with only one loss to mar an otherwise remarkable rec ord. Fordham was considered to be one of the strongest elevens In the east. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (P Oregon State's football warriors, fresh from a 9 to 6 victory over Fordham, today were given a sightseeing tour of the capital before boartitfng a train to night for the west. The team was reported In good condition after Its tussle with the Rams, with the exception of "Tar" Schwammel, who kicked the winning field goal. Going into the game with nn injured left arm, he came out of It with a shoulder injury. CITY CALLING MORE WARRANTS The city today Issued ft call for warrants dated up to the first of this year. City officials point out that the city Is in better position at pres ent in its warrant payments than at this time a year ago. BESS DUKE IS CALLED HOME Miss Bess Duke, society reporter for tlie Observer, left Saturday evening for her home at Eugene, having been called by the serious illness of her father. HE DIDN'T WASTE A CARTRIDGE, ANYHOW They're telling Hie following story about Ah In Thorn burp, assistant district fire warden of Fn Inn county: "Thornburg went out lnintlnfj Mime time ago and enme upon a coyote In a trap. He started to shoot the animal and then thought It wasteful to u.m a shell so he leaned his gun ngalntt a tree and picked up a club. He WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA. Col., Nov. 19 Been bo warm and nice out here that it's knocked a lot of people out of work. Leaves Callfornlans with noth ing to do. They enn't lie about the weather. : Germany has got everybody oil ex cited now. It sure seems good to have all the Ills of the world blamed on somebody besides us. . This country Is gradually getting democratic at that. See where J. P. Morgan had tea for the first time at the White House. Of course he took his own tea, but It was nice of him to drop Into the old frame hut at that. I tell you big men are chang ing. Yours, fhXz, Roy TICKET SALE FOR SOCK AND BUSKIN PLAYS LAUNCHED Tickets are now available for the three one-act plays to be presented by the Eastern Oregon Normal school Nov. 24, according to Robert Cunliffe, business manager. The three performances ale ''The Princess Marries the Page," a roman tic fantasy by Edna St. Vincent Mil lay; "Trifles." a tragedy toy Susan Olospell; and "The Flattering Word," a comedy by George Koiiy. Both general admission and reserve seat tickets may be purchased from Normal school students or by itelo- nhonlnz the E. O. N, The , usual popular prices will be charged. Re. serve seat tickets will .be. exchanged fni- nwrvo sentA on 'Wed .Seidaj::- No vember 22, at 8 a. m.. at iho Oloss Drugs. Likewise, for the convenience of patrons, reservation may be made by calling the "Normal after 0 a. m. on Wednesday. The tickets will be delivered as soon as possible. A special matinee will bo presented for High school students and grade school children on Thursday, Novem ber 23 at 2:16 p. m. . RED CROSS ROLL CALL CAMPAIGN MAKES HEADWAY t.i, ani,iini Ttnll Call for the Am erican Red Cross in La Grande Is reported to be meeting with very satisfactory response throughout the city. Tho American Legion Is spon soring the drive for the business dis trict and already several hundred memberships have been receiveu uj the men who are at work on this part of the program. Many of the business houses of the city are making sizeable contribu ting, nccordiniz to reports, the work ers at tho Mt. Emily Lumber Com pany making a group contribution through the combined enons 01 me members of the organization and workers. , With very few exceptions, the legionnaires are being received with enthusiastic response and the re turns compare very favorably with those of any year past In La Grande. This Is due mainly to the very appar- (ConUnaeii on Page Four) NEW CAPTAIN IS IN CHARGE HERE Captain D. Rody. formerly with headquarters in San Francisco, ar rived In La Grande Saturday to take charge- of the Salvation Army here. Lieut. Don Rice, from Salinns. Cal.. will arrive here this week to assist Captain Rody. The captain plans to promote more active relief work by the Solvation Army and in addition builA up the activities of the local chapter. He Is well experienced in this work, par ticularly In relief, and comes here with fine recommendations. made a swhiff at the coyote, hut the anlnml gave n leap and It foot ram off. Away It went down the hill. ThornhiirR wntrh 1118" In Martini surprise. Finally Alvln shouldered his club and Ptartpd- fnr home. After travel Inc a mile or so he swung the club off Ills shoulder, looked nt It and wild: 'Where Is my gun?' Thru he had to climb a mile hark up the hill to retrieve IiIh rifle." RULER OF ELKS r. iajL M. -ft: M J V fh2A L Walter Meier, of Seattle, grand - exulted ruler of the Elks lodge, will he the chief speaker at a - chamber of commerce luncheon here tomorrow ut noon. AMATEUR BOXING TOURNEY BEGINS TUESDAY EVENING The ring has been erected, several hundred additional seats Installed, and fight fans await "tho gong usher ing in the Eagles great relief fund boiio'f it championship amateur box ing tournament on the Sacajawea ho tel arena .battle front tomorrow night. As the La Grande amateur huskies weigh In at tho office of Dr, Eugene Moon In the Now Foley building, the game .lngmen in other polnia- in' Eastern Oregon ore -going through last-minute mobilizing as they make ready to swoop into town early to morrow for the furious conflicts to morrow night. PHILIPS AND OTHERS ON EMJK FOR BATTLES La Grande's favorite fighting men. Including Big Jess Phillips, are on edge and rarin' for tho bell sending them out to blast their way to victory or to defeat against tho "enemy" tomorrow night. Al though expecting the most bitter brand of opposition, the La Grande favorites feet confident they will repel the powerful Invaders. The locals are to "pass In review' before the clerk of the scales and take rigid physical examination from Dr. Moon beginning at 7 tonight. The amateurs from out-of-town points are to take their weight and physical tests in the order they pour into town tomorrow. All fights ore to be (Continued on Page Four). WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD OLD DRY LAW IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL DEC. 5 City Ordinances on Liquor Valid Until 18th Amend ment is Repealed. AWAIT ACTION BY ' THE LEGISLATURE La Grande. Officials Ex pected to Adopt Laws Conforming With State Liquor Control. With the legislature now In session ami one of Its main purposes the con trol of liquor sole In Oregon utter the 18th. amendment is formally stricken from the, books, much atten tion lias been given to this matter by city officials here, A survey of present ordinances ro veals that under ordinances passed in 1910 and 1917, tlie sole, manufacture, possession, etc. of liquor of a higher percentage than 3.2, remains unlawful in La Grande until the lBth amend ment Is nullified. When this occurs, probably Dec. 5 or 6, the local or dinances no longer will have strength, as they are based on Oregon and U. B. laws. , I Oregon's dry law was ousted somo time ago and when the federal law is off the books, there will be no support for the local ordinances, which officials believe will then be come invalid. Since the dry ordinances wore pass ed here, only two ordinances have been passed repealing -any of their provisions. The first was this sum mer when nn ordinance made It law ful for drug stores to handle prescrip tion liquor. The second was the passing of the ordinance making 3.2 beer and wino legal. After Dec. 6 there will be nono of tho city ordinances dn effect, hut of- (Continued on Page Three) L.H.S. Band Gets $85 For Uniform Fund From Show The recent midnight matinee show ing of "Dr. Bull" netted the La Grande High school -band uniform fund approximately $85, It was an no u need today. Andrew Loney Jr. director of tho band and music sup ervisor of the schools, today express ed appreciation to tho Rotary club for sponsoring the matinee, and to C. M. Wight, manager of Liberty theatre, for his generous percentage arrange 1 M"'M, RED CROSS ENROLLS FIRST LADY MrH, rniukliu I). Koosevelt (left) Is enrolled In tho American lied Cross Annual Itoll Cull by MIkh Mabel T. Doiinluuiu, sectretury of . the Ited Cross. Tlie First Lady Is lionorary chairman of the Nut Ion -. !i ul Volunteer Com in It tee of the American Keil Cross. E. O.N. SURPRISES ASHLAND ELEVEN BUT LOSES 7-0 The H. O. N. Mountaineers were hanging up their football suit today nDter losing to the Ashland .eleven at Ashland Satunliiy. but behlncl them, tlio; ctirvwl out one of. the most sua ce.ssf ul grid retonlH ever nuide by tho hH'al Normal school. .Meeting strong competition In Ore gon, Idaho and Washington, tho E. O. N. scored four wins, two losses and one tie, and only a few points bopar ated them from a Normal school championship. Before a crowd of from 5,000 to 0, 000, tho Mountaineers, coached by Bob Qiliiui, gave S. O. N. S. an ex tremely tough battle Saturday, sur prising Southern Orogon football Jans with their strength. Only once during the game did tho Sons threat en, and that time they scored. The gridiron at Asland Is downhill, and In the second quarter, with the slope favoring them, S. O. N. S. crossed the goal line. Using a eprcud forma tion, the Sons shot a short pass to (Continued on Page FourV BEAR, EITHER 7 EAST NORMAL, OTHERS ARE THREATENED Senator Woodward's Plan Would Combine Three Into One School. SALEM, Nov. 20 (At The drive for rurther (Inutile retrcnclmient In the expenses of Htutc government uuulo Its appearance during the open ing minuti'H of the special legislative session ' t his morning when He nil tor XV.-- F. Wood mi I'd, Multnomah, an nounccd that he wouhl Join with other members of the senate In spon soring a resolution to effect econ omies In the state budget totalling $l,!)00,000 for the last half of the current bleuiiluni. Senator Woodward enumerated the proposed savings as follows: Combine three state nonniil schools into one and Incorporate necessary educational courMW at University, thereby saving $Ai0,000 a year. Reduction In state police appro priation, $250,000. Reduction in national guard appro priation, $50,000. Limitation of salaries paid state of ficials and employees to a maximum (Continued On Page Four) DOMESTIC GOLD PRICE GOES UP WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 W) The nil mini strut lon returned to the rais ing of the domestic gold price today, setting a figure of $33.08 an ounce In the face of the opposition to the policy registered Suturday by the board of tlie chamber of commerce of the United States. Subsequently, sunji gold actually bought by the RFC was diclosed by Chairman Jesse II. Jones to amount to 205,000 ounces. Administration officials as usual would undertake no Interpretation of tho gold move for newspapermen. Wheat Today Tho price of local cash wheat stotMl at about VZ't cents hulk tiHlay, according to quotations by the Pioneer I louring Mills. Port la nil cash 71 cents. CHICAGO. Nov. 20 UP) Despite somo transient sharp dips, tho grain markets -averaged much higher to day, responsive largely to a resump tion or advances in gold quotations at Washington. A substantial decreaso of the United BUtes wheat visible supply total gave aid to prlco upturns near the close. Trade attention fastened lUelf also on domestic winter wheat crop deterioration reports, especially from Western Kansas. , , Wheat closed firm, 2a2o above Saturday's Ilnlsh, corn 1 '4 ut lc up, oats 1 tfi 1 'ac advanced .and provisions unchanged to 22 cents down. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ' TO PICK OREGON ELEVEN . I'LAX 1034 FE1IEKAL LOANS 9 - MESSAGE FOIl AMERICA RE-ELECT LODIS J. TAHEK PORTLAND, NOV. 20 CP) A de cision was reached here today by principals of Portland's High schools, that an Oregon team will be Invited to play the winner of tlie Inter-city high ; school football league here Tlianksglvlnr day. The team to be selected will be determined Friday night after the Washing ton-Roosevelt nuMtcli, . WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (P) An nouncement that a requisite to fed eral loans for 1934 spring wheat pro duction will be an agreement to re duce tlie seeded acreage 15 per cent .was issued today by the farm credit administration. : , MOSCOW. Now 20 m Michael Kalinin, president of tlie Union of Soviet Socialist republics, gave a mes sage of goodwill and friendship to the American people tonight. He spoko ver an international radio broadcast. BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 20 P) r Louis ti. Taber, of Columbus, Ohio, dairy Vnan, today was elected for the sixth successive two year term as master of the National Grange. H1b election was described by a spokesman as "overwhelming." The names of others who received votes were withhold ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 P) Work for 2 fit), i mo women hi the next 30 days was tho goal wet today before the conference 'on emergency neeCs, or women by Harry L. Hopkins, re lief administrator. INVESTIGATOR JN PORT COMMISSION CASE MURDERED PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 20 P) W. Frank Akin, special Investigator of the Port of Portland commission, was found Obad In his apartment suite here today. A preliminary ex amination by the coroner disclosed a wound in the corner of tho right eye which; had tho appearance of a mark loft by a small bullet. His faco was discolored and swollen and (Continued on PaKe Two) WELLES WILL GO BACK TO HAVANA By Francis M. Stephenson WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 20 President Roosevelt Is sending Am bassador Sumner Welles back to Hav ana to carry on the United States policy calling for establishment of definite stability In the troubled Is land. A brief announcement by the presi dent last night after a five-hour talk with Welles that tlie ambassador would return to his post was ac cepted here as meaning there would be no Immediate chango In the Am erican attitude of non-recognltlon of the Grau San Martin government and of non-intervention in the island. In otlier words, Mr. Roosevelt Is waiting to see what the San Martin group can do to maintain peace and stability. CONDITION OF SANFORD SAME The condition of Art Sanford, seri ously Injured In an accident at the Standard Laundry last week, remain ed about tho same today, It was re ported at the Grande Rohde hospital. Ho spent a restless night but was quieter today, It was said. SETTLE S BALLOON IN STRATOSPHERE ' AKKON, ()., Nov. 20 m Attain ing a height In excess of GK.0IKI fret, arcortiing to the altimeter Inside tlirlr gondola, l.lnrt. Cum. T. (. V. settle and Major Chester I.. I'nrdney Into tills utti'riioon begun a descent. AKRON, O., Nov. 20 (At Bobbing like a cork In a tub of water, Lieut. Com. T, a. W. Settle's stratosphere balloon this afternoon raced upward into tho for rcaohes of the third layer of atmosphcro surroundlhg the earth In tho hope of attaining an altitude of eleven miles on a voyage of scien tific) discovery. Taking olf nt the Akron airport at 0:27 a. m., tlie groat hydrogen-filled KNOX PLAN IS FAVORED BY GOVERNOR links Liquor Revenue . With Relief in Ad dress to Legislature GROSS EARNINGS TAX IS PROPOSED Would -Aid School Difff culties ' Favors State Body to Act on Ta!x De linquencies. By Clayton V. Bernham . . (Associated Press Stoff Writer) . SALEM, Nov. 20 P) Unemploy ment relief funds to be secured from : liquor revenue under the Knox plan, a tax on gross earnings of utilities for school relief and a state author ized body to aid In solving tax de linquency ami refinance Indebtednesa of political subdivisions featured Gov-, :' crnor Julius I- Meier's message to the special session of the Oregon legislature today. , . Flvo definite proposals were pre- sented by tho executive to the 00 members of the house and senate aa they assembled in the house ohsnv . . bers to hear the 8600 word address. " And only one new tax the utilities gross earning proposal was specified . in the message, while no mention was made of the higher education prob lems, indicating they were to be kept out of consideration and left entirely, to . the board of higher education . Governor., .Meier... . emphasised i..th.e,: legislators to limit consideration of any but emergency measures, Insisting . ; the calendar be kopt clear for the major Issues. . Tying in the relief for the needy i with! that of liquor control, the ex ecutive prefaced hla remarks by -pointing out that It was Impossible to estlmato how for the federal work would extend toward aiding unem ployment, but that It was his belief that a substantial number of able bodied men would bo removed from relief rolls, Indicating the sum from the stato could be therefore reduced. ' His recommendations were: ' 1. Adoption of the Knox commit- . tee plan for liquor control as a basis of the new state liquor act. The re- , port of the committee of H was sub- (Contlnued on Page Two) Toy Matinee On Saturday Morn Very Successful A truck and a halt full of toys, from 60 children who attended the Lions matinee at the Liberty theatre ' Saturday morning, was turned over to tho La Orande fire department to re pair for distribution at Christmas tlmo to needy children in this com munity, C. M. Wight reported at to day's meeting of the Lions club in the Sacajawea Inn. Tho matinee was t described as very successful. HI Smith gave his experiences on a trip to El Reno, Okla., to repossess a stolen car, telling of the difficulties that he faced before regaining the machine. E. D. Davis, of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., was Introduced aa a new member. BILL IE HALL HAS OPERATION Blllle Hall, small son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hall, underwent an em ergency major operation at the Grande Ronde hospital last night. His condition today was satisfactory. El don Davis, 10, son of Ed Davis, of Lake street, underwent a major operation Saturday night. bak and Its tiny, spherical gondola, passed the 60,000 foot mark after 3 p. m., said advices to the naval wire less station here, with a chance of topping 69,000 feet -later. Tim balloon, carrying an observer and Technician MaJ. Chester L. Ford- , ney, of the United States marines, may land near Washington, D. O. . Calculations made here on ita drift mdlcated. The bag was headed to ward Altoona when it passed south east of Johnstown, Pa., at 2:27 p. m. , ; ' Settle planned on landing about sundown. Ho was encountering wind velocities of from 36 to 40 miles an. hour, ho advised the wireless station.