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"i La Grande Is The Gateway to WuUowa, "The Switzerland of America l Only NewsnaMer -: vttvet Printed in La Grande Covering Union and ' J Wallowa Counties j .... -..,J,.t i i i VOLUME 32 EASTKIIN OHBQON'S LEADING KEWSPAPEB LA GRANDE, OREGONTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 65 FEAIS UNI ESTtiM mmm EJ INFLATEOKl REVOLUTION UNLIKELY IN U.S., MEIER Grand Exalted : Ruler of Elks Speaks at Forum Luncheon Today. 50 BAKER GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE B. P. 0. E. Head . Finds Conditions Much Better ' Over Nation Than Six Months Ago. ; over urn c nt s and rulers are being overthrown these days in all parts of the world but such a condition will never occur; In this country, suld WiiJ ter F. Meier, grand exalted ruler of I lie national order of It. P. o. E., speaking this noon before the Joint meeting of Baker ami La Grande clia in hers of commerce. With close to fill representatives fnim the cluunlier or the neighboring city, a total or close to 150 persons sat down to to day's luncheon at the La. Grande ho tel., "The American mind is in a class by Itself," said Mr. Meier. "Over throw of our government will never come la this country." Since taking his office at the head of the national fraternal order of Elks, Mr. Meier, since last July has contacted practically every section of the United States. He has visited various lodges of the Order of Elks In both, small and large communities. He has had much contact with -both. the industrial and economic life of all these communities and their lead ers of business and society. "Conditions are indeed much, bet ter trtjan six months ago," he said in part. "I have witnessed the reopen ing and rebuilding of industrial plants from one end of the country to the other, some or which had not been In operation for years. Many, many men have already returned to work . 7 ." more will gradually follow (Continued on Page Three) Ruler of Elks Energetic When He's Traveling Walter Meier, of Seattle, grand ex alted ruler of the B. P. O. Elks, here tcday for a, cliamber of commerce luncheon and an Informal meeting at the Elks temple this afternoon, ie seme traveler. He goes places on his trips, covers a tremendous amount of- territory, and withal, manages to have a few hours In nearly oach town he visits. En route home from the oast, Mr. Meier spent yesterday In Idaho, stop ping at Boise and Caldwell. This morning he appeared at the Baker Elks temple about 9 o dodo and was thero for an hour or so before com i Ing to La Grande. Then this aftcr F neon's meeting at the temple after his chamber of commerce appearance. Tonight at Pendleton for an eve ning meeting, and then on west for more meetings before reaching the Washington metropolis. A whirlwind trlpl But he seems to thrive on it! MRS. RUSSELL ON TRIP SOUTH Mrs. Addle Russell has gone to Southern California to spend the winter months. She has taken an apartment with friends at Laguna Beach. AI STRI.VS IlKKlt THIRST FADES VIENNA (yp) The consumption of beer In Austria Is declining steadily, latest figures showing a drop of 27 per cent in July and 38 per cent in August compared with 1932 while the entire year is expected to show only 40 per cent of the 1029-30 figures. HALL'S JINGLE WILL s $ BRING CITY PUBLICITY La Grande, as tho result of a lit tle jingle, Is coming In for quite a bit of publicity due to a contest con ducted by a nationally knewn manu facturer of toothbrushes. It came about this way: D. W. Hall, Western Union man ager, feeling the need of a new toothbrush, sallied forth and with firm tread, directed his stops to Glass Drugs, Inc., where ho purchased a nice, new brush. Then he learned that he could write a jingle and sub mit It with the thousands of others in a national contest about the txth brusli. So he wrote the jingle two Jingles, In fact and sent them In, And Saturday he learned that his toothbrush had brushed him straight 9 into the select group of winners who are to receive for their efforts, a handsome, oil -wave' radio set. WILL ROGERS 'says: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Nov. 20 Well, the name of the new Russian ambassador appeared in the papers today, and It just about took up all the paper. It's Alexanderovlch Antoni vlch Travenovsky. That's an alpha betic rhapsody In vowels and con sonants. But they don't put much over on Mr. Roosevelt, he sent 'em a guy named Bullett, that was just a kind of subtle hint. Mr. Roosevelt was rather undecid ed exactly what to do on the stab ilization of the dollar, till the U. S. chamber of commerce come out and told him What to do. Then, he knew exactly what to do. Do what the chamber said not to do. Mr. Roose velt knows he Is right now. Before he was In doubt. Yours, O.S.C. TEAM WILL ARRIVE HERE ON THURSDAY NIGHT Because of a re-routing of the. train cn which the Oregon State college football team Is returning home from New York, the Beavers will arrive here at 0:05 Thursday night Instead of 9 :05 Wednesday night. This was learned here today by the committee In charge of welcoming back to Ore gon the team that triumphed over Pordham university last Saturday 9 to 6. Interest In the welcoming here Is growing rapidly, and, hundreds of local and valley people are expected at the U. P. station Thursday night for the 15-minute stop. Particular interest is -being shown in "Red' Franklin, already hailed as an all American, because of his sparkling play throughout the season and his brilliant work against the Rams. Tar Schwammel, linesman and goal kick ing specialist, also Is coming in for (Continued on Page tilt) EBONY MINSTRELS TO STRUT THEIR STUFF TONIGHT La Grande will get a first chance in many moons to see an old-time minstrel show once one of the lead ing theatrical entertainments on the read here tonight when the Famous Georgia Minstrels are to present two performances at the Liberty theatre. Three huge buses, loaded with 45 people and many trunks of stage Econery, not to mention five large cases of costumes, arrived heru to day, and almost, immediately Man ager C. M. Wight had his crew of six stagehands beginning the four-hour task of setting the scenery for to night's blackface shew. Real cld-tlme minstrels are some what rare today but they are Just as (Continued on Page Three) PIONEER DIES AT HOME HERE TODAY Mrs. John Fee, pioneer of tho Grande Hondo valley, died at her Jiome at 1800 Cove avenue about 11 o'clock this morning after a short Ill ness. Funeral services will bo announcoJ later. The body Is at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary. Death of Mrs. Fee came as a sad shock to her many friends. Not only was siie a pioneer of this county, but a native daughter of Oregon, having been born Apr. 24. 1850 in Lano county. She came to tills valley about 60 years ago and was 77 years, Bin months and 28 days of age. That isn't all. however. The firm selling him tho toothbrush also re ceives a radio. Yesterday letters arrived asking for pictures of Snap McManus and Ed Allen, of the drug store, of Glass Drugs, Inc., of Mr. Hall, etc. for na tlcnal use. And telorc long La Grande will be coming In for some national publicity all because Mr. Hall decided some time ago he need ed a new toothbrush I The company conducting the con test was tho Pro-phy-lac-tlc Brush Co.. of Florence. Mass., ond the win ning Jingle by Mr. Hall was: "Pro-phy-lac-tlc's Perma-Grlp. "The tooth-brush with the tufted tip: . "Strong, long-lived bristles, vigorous too, "Bristling with go! health for YOU!" Cabinet Deb" Washington'! social lights will shine on Miss Beuy Uern this year. Kol she, dauslilel ol Sec retary at War and Mrs. George Uern. 1b ihe only "cahinei debu tante" ol the season. She'll oe presented to capital socloly on Nmv. 'tml . llii.v EASTERN OREGON BOXERS TO BEGIN BATTLING TONIGHT Occasion Eagles amateur box ing tourney. Where Sacajawea hotel arena. When TONIGHT; also Wed nesday and Thursday nights. Time 8:15 -p. m.; last fight at 10:30; box office and doors open at 7. Number of fights 15 to 20 to night. r Promoters Fraternal Order of Boxing fans arid fanettes will Jam (Continued on Page Four) FALL OF '33 ONE FOR THE RECORDS Although the skies remain, cloufdy. moderate temperatures continue in Eastern Oregon, with two-thirds of November practically gone. So far no snowfalls have occurred in the Grande Ronde valley, and regardless of the Immediate future, the fall of T933 will go down on the records as one of the best from a weather stand point in La Grande history. The weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow is for fair weather In Eastern Oregon with no changes in temperature. Yesterday's high was 53 and there has been no freezing weather here for more than three days and nights. WONDER HOW WORK NEARS COMPLETION AT VIADUCT Northside Fill is Complet ed, City Manager ' Reports Today. LAYING DECKING ' AT THE PRESENT Fifth Street to be Graded, Although This May Not Be Finished Until Next Spring. a itv nrnlect. which lias given work to a number of men for several weeks anil which Is resulting in least three separate Improvements, Is now nenrmg oomnieiion. n-"" the Second Street viaduct over mo U. V. mainline tracks probably .will bo finished III about two weeks, City Manager Angus McAllister salt! today. wnrv on th fill on the north side of the viaduct has been completed, although it la being widened a little. All of the under pinning in uie viu of h.. iwn nvnatred and stringers were In placo Monday with tho crew beginning to lay tno cbckuib wuj. Gravel for the fill was taken from Fifth street between M and N ave nues, and" from M avenue between Fifth and 6Ulh streets. Filth street (Continued On Page Four) No Children Of Her Own, But She Purchases Toys A woman came Into the fire1 station, carrying with her a neat ly wrapped package of sizeable proportions. She did not tell the firemen b svune. .j, ..v?' ...-. '' But 'she said: "I have no chil dren of my own, so I thought possibly this might be my way of helping." 8he left the package. Opening It. the firemen found some brand new shiny toys, purchased from one of the La Grande stores. They will be distributed toy the firemen and tho Lions club at Christmas time along with the hundreds of toys now being re paired, repainted and shlncd up for the needy children of La Grande, Five hundred toys were turned over to the firemen as a result of the Lions special Sat urday matinee at the Liberty theatre ond many more are be ing turned In by Individuals. BABY GIRL IS BORN TODAY A bnby daughter, weighing five and a half pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Skala this morning at the Grande Ronde hospital. Both mother and baby are doing well. MUCH THEY CAN BE I- BARTERED IbbwsmJ fl; ' lilt An ex-wlfo at 11 years. That's Dorothy Holsol whom you see back at her first grade studies In Oklahoma City after a Judge annulled' her Diarrlngo to T. J. Holsel, her 07-year-old husband. Probation oflicers said Dorothy's father "inirted" her for Holsel'a daughter of 15. SCHOOL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING AT L H. S. TODAY Public hearing of the 1033-34 bud get for school district No, 1, of La Grande, wn being held at the High school building this afternoon, ibe glnnlng at two o'clock. This represents final action on the last of the three major budgets In this section of tho county. The city (Continued on Page Four) Lindberghs Land At Horta, Azores HORTA, Azores, Nov. 21 MP) Colonel and Mrs. Chnrles. A. Lind bergh flew their big cea-monoplane moro than 000 miles from Lisbon to day to land safely here at 4 :20 p. m. (Greenwich Meridian time 11:20 a. m. Eastern Standard time). DEPENDED ON? )J 'A A BRIDE" AT 11 BIG BALLOON LANDS AFTER HIGH FLIGHT Stratospheric Trip of 59, 000 Feet Ends Near Bridgeton, New Jersey intWXJETON, N. ,1., Nov, 21 VP) America's first stniftnsphere Imlloou Jolted to rest hi the marsh laud MiulliuiM of Itririgeton, at ffifto p, m., yesterday. As hundreds of persons searched for them Lieut. Commander T. G. W. "Tex'1 Settle and his aide, Major Chester L. Pordney, slept the night through wrapped up in tho deflated fabric of their big balloon, awaiting daybreak. "Wo had a delightful and untoward trip," Major Fordncy said today, "ex cept that wo oamo down so fast we had to throw things overboard as fast as we could to lighten ship. "Although it wus a pretty rapid landing, neither of us wan hurt. Wo took our bearings, saw wo were in marshy ground, surrounded by wood and that it would be best Just to put up for tho night." According to tho altimeter within tho gondola, Major Fordncy said, the highest altitude reached - was 60,000 feet, the actual height attained must bo officially chocked. Major Rooney reported tho lauding os government airplanes were Boom ing over South Jersey and searching tho sea. In lnndlng they lost some photo plates. Fordncy said and, some other accessories, but did not go into de tails. Ho said they were fortunate In preserving all co&entlal equipment. (Continued on Patre Four) Wheat Tcday The prim uf hx-al rash wheal, xtooil at nhoiM renin hulk titilay, according (o tpiolat Ions by Ihn rimiwr Flouring Mills. Port land coaIi 71. cents. CHICAGO, Nov. 21 W1) bate ral lies In wheat prices today lifted the mrkct to materially above yester day's finish, but tho gains failed to hold. Enlargement of speculative buying acccmpfinled the advance, and was attributed to reports In soma quar ters that notwithstanding denials tho wheat crop damage development in Argentina were severe. British and Canadian advices tended to confirm Argentine damage. Wheat closed norvous at ytc de cline to Vic advance compared with yesterdays finish, corn wlc down, oota unchanged, and provisions un changed to 32 cent town-. JUST BEFORE PRESSTME ,.'' - , MAY MEKflE UNIVERSITIES ' LET BONNEVILLE CONTRACT EX-(JOVERNOH HAY DIES ' ' 9 - CRITICIZES MEIER'S PLAN CHICAGO, Nov. 21 P) The Chi cago Tribune wild today that unless nome unrorefleen. developments arise to prevent It, the University of Chi' cugo and Northwestern university will bo merged Into a single educational unit. A committee, the. newspaper said, luw been named to stiuly tlie iidniinUtrutlve and educational fcus IbUlty of the plniu WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (P) Award of a $608,600 contract for excavation work on the Bonneville dam site, Co lumbia river, to the General Con struction company, Seattle, was an nounced today by the war depart ment. SPOKANE, Wash,, Nov. ft W1) Former. Governor M. E. Hay of Wash ington dropped dead In his office at I) o'clock this morning, following n heart attack. PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (ff) Critic ism of that part of Governor Meier's message to the legislature suggesting a tax on public utilities for grade school aid In Oregon, was made here by Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Electric Power company. PAULSnOKO, N. J Nov. WW) A bullet ended the colorful career of Sheldon At Clark, wealthy young oil com puny executive and Muorumuui, af ter a quarrel with his wife who told police today she does not recall what happened after , he hit Iter with a billiard cue. , . VACANCIES BILL GIVEN APPROVAL OF STATE SENATE " SALEM Nov. 21 WP The meas ure- providing : appointment! toy the governor to fill vacancies, In the houso and senate for tills special ses sion, and hereafter -by the county courts, was passed by a vote of 22 to 0 by the senate today. It was ex pected the house would consider the measure favorably later today and have the three vacant scats filled -by tomorrow. Tho -house of representatives in the meantime enlarged its Steering com mittee from seven to eleven members, and announced all bills Introduced would be printed at once, thus over coming two objections raised on tho personnel and activities of this new control group. New committeemen aro B. F. Nichols, E. O. Judd, V. B. Staples, T. J. Wyers. The new control committee report ed on three of the four measures In troduced tho opening day, Including tho Knox liquor control plan, which was Immediately referred to -the al- ( Continued From Page Four) Lee Tracy Insists He Did Not Shock Mexican Morals MEXICO, D. F.. Nov. 21 (ff) - Lee Tracy, American movie actor, was ordered by police authorities today to remain here pending fur ther Investigation of complaints that he hadl "offended public morals."1 Meanwhllo, after having spent two hours In Jail yesterday morn ing and five hourB there last night, he was free on his own recogniz ance. - In a statement to police Tracy admitted he shouted at cadets from a balcony of his room In tho Hotel Regis Sunday morning, but denied charges that he had been nude. LABORITE SHOCKS BRITISH PARLIAMENT LONDON, Nov. 21 W1 A sensa tion was created In tile House ol Lords today when Just as King Oeomc concluded his speech opening the new parliament, a Laborltc, J. Mc Oovern, cried: "What about abolition of the means test and unemployment cuts." "It's a shame while people arc starving," McOovern, who it was re called had boon suspended from tho Houso of Commons on soveral occa sions for defying speakers' rulings, continued to shout. Klnf? aeorge took no notice of the interruption. The monarch turned and In ceremonial fashion as If noth ing had happened offered his arm to the queen. After his outburst about cuts of unemployment pay, McOovern fol lowed with a growing protest about the magnificent scene of riches ADVISER TO US. TREASURY; QUITS POST Says Only An Aroused Public Opinion Likely ' to Halt Inflation.. FAILS TO AGREE WITH ROOSEVELT 0. M. W. Sprague, Form erly With Bank of Eng land, Hopes to 'Aid in Combatting Move. . WASHINGTON, Nov, 21 ) O. M. Hpmgue rmlgiwd today as ipecial ad vlncr to the treasury and uaartcd "there 1a no defense from a drift Into unreKtralued Inflation other than an nroused and organlied public opin ion." , " . . . It Is for the purpose of contribute ing as I may to such a movement that, 'with feelings of profound dis appointment, I sever my connections with your administration," he said la a letter to President Roooevelt. fipmgue came to the treasury from an Important post with the Bank of EnglancH It .has long been known that .he was not In agreement with Mr. Roosevelt on matters of monetary . policy. I accepted this position because X believed at that time that I was suf ficiently In agreement with you on monetary matters to be able to ren der some service In the .working out of pollotes designed to bring about a trade recovery," Sprague's letter said. "Unhappily, I now find that I am In such fundamental disagreement with the monetary policies which, have recently been adopted .that I ' have decided- to resign my post In the. treasury." ; . . He objected to the fact, he said, that he-had been given.1 "no-oppor- tunttles whatever" to. discuss funda mental questions with the president. "' Otherwise, he soldj lu.riu possible that there might have been a meet ing of minds, : ..: :. . ' " "" , "I .am opposed to the present policy of depreciating the dollar through gold purchases In foreign (Continued on Pace FourY Hockley Receives . County Projects For Civil Works SALEM, Nov, 21. (P) A 62,000,000 to 2.500,000 civil worka program for Oregon, drafted by the state bigftw&y department, was submitted late yes- - terday to C. O. Hockley, public works engineer In Portland. J. ,N. Devers, highway (xmunisslor attorney, said the civil works admin- istrator for the : start would select the projects to ibe undertaken. Six ta eight projects for each coun ty In the state were submitted. More were drafted for the more populous counties. Actual work 1s expected to start this week. Devers said he would not release the projects unless authorised to do so by Hockley. , Believe Tremors Hit Arctic Lands NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (P) By co ordinating data from seismograph In various parts of the world, Ford ham university experts reached the con clusion today that lost night's earth quake, described as one of the most violent in recent years, centered In faraway Greenland and Baffin land. VICTORIA. B. a., Nov. 21 (P) Ob eervcrs at Gonzales observatory today sought news of a terrific convulsion of nature, which they sold recorded on their seismograph the worst earth quake shock registered here In 35 years. and splendor around him. "It's a shame all this, while peo plo are starving," he said, and after that came another embittered mur mur: "Living on wealth created by the people." , "I certainly have no regret for what t did," McOovern told a representa tive of the Associated) Press In the lobby. i , . . "I was so filled with Indignation at the sight of nil this colossal show that I could not stand It any longer and I simply had to express my thoughts," McOovern had continually mutter ed to himself as the king read his speech and explained that what he had said In addition to protesting; against the unemployment pay out, (Continued On Pae Four) - i
