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Civil oyment To Begin Within A Week w . arT ' . . : """"" i id La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Onlr Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTERN OHKGON'S LEADING KEWSFAPEB LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 66 SCHOOL EUBGET lEDUdEB Works Empl mwms $WMZ I BOARD VOTES REDUCTION AT HEARING Estimate For Principal on Warrants is Low ered to $10,000. SCHOOL BUDGET TOTAL $111,713.00 Action Taken By .Board Regardless of Fact no Public Objectors Made Request. v Action or the school board In re ducing IIh 11)33-3-1 ntiiniul budget from JflH.riHO.DO to $111,713.00 at Ihc public hearing held yesterday after noon came as a now .note of cheer for taxpayers or the tiquwlii dis trict. Tho budget adopted Ik $2i,J(i7. 0(1 lower than for the year of 1932-33. The voting of tho reduction came in one Item, an estimate of (26,867.06 for payment of principal on warrants. After studying the matter thoroughly, board members came to tho conclu sion an estimate of $10,000 would toko care of this Item and so the motion was passed. Every item In the genera! budget received study but It was felt that no other Item offered an opportunity for reduction wltliout a considerable loss of efficiency. Chairman Colon. R. Ebcrhand pre sided over the hearing, which began at 2 p. m. at the Central school building. No public objections were made to tho budget at tho hearing. 1 16 Basketball ' Games on Tiger Court Schedule With tho pre-tournamont season basketball schedule lined up, hoop practice at the "L. H. S. hegan Tues day afternoon with Coaoh Ira Woodie in charge. Practice, now In the gym. will be moved to the ib. D. 8. Rccre tlonal hall Dec. 1, when the football men will Join the squad alter a rest. Intermural basketball also will begin the first of ithe month. Sixteen games have been scheduled, two before Christmas, and Athena High has ibeen added to tho list of out-of-distrlct teams the Tigers will piny. The schedule follows: Dec. 15 Union In La Grande. Dec. 21 La Grande at Imbler. Jan. 6 La Grande at Elgin. Jan. 6 Joseph In La Orandc. Jan. 12 Wallowa in La Grando. I Jan. 13 La Grando at North Pow 'clcr. Jan. 19 La Grande at Enterprise Jan. 20 Cove in La Grande. Jan. 26 La Grando at Baker. (Continued From Page Four) GRIFFITH IN COUNTY TODAY L. b. Griffith, field representative of the state land board. Is transact ing business for tho 'board in Union and Wallowa counties this week. Ho wos In La Grande today. What is Today? Write It Down 11-22-33 Take a look at your calendar to day. And then bo sure to write down the date In figures because you won't have another chance like this In 100 years. It Is 11-22-33. v IT'S "SQUADS RIGHT" , s i AGAIN IN THE ARMY "Squads right . . . squads left squads right about!" Those commarids, not voiced for nearly a year, are again being barkeo. at enlisted men in the Oregon na tional guard. And pity the poor rook ie who learned his soldlcrtn' under the column of threes plan! About a year ago the national guard, following the army's lead, quit the old drill regulations and tried out the new. It began before federal Inspection last winter, and kept the officers woozy reading all about cor rect steps, etc. But they finally mas tered it, particularly x after national .WILL ROGERS p3oys: SANTA MONICA, Cal., Nov. 21 After reading Mr. Barney Baruch's nonlnflatlon article In a littie Phila delphia periodical, run by Benjamin Franklin and Horace Lorlmor, I was talking last night on the phone .to Mr. Baruoh In New York, and hero Is a very Interesting .tiling he Bold: "This fellow down In Washington la not going to bo stampeded toy tho United States chamber ol commorco or any commerce or any.xrf the rest of us nonlnflatlonlsts, or the Infla tionists either. He listens to all of us and then, regardless of professors, pedagogues or economists or finan ciers, he makes up his mind himself. And he Is going mighty easy and I think will handle this money situa tion In a way that Is beneficial to the majority, if not to a small minor tty." That sounded mighty hopeful, com ing from a man like Barucu. Yours, BONNEVILLE DEPENDS ON FOUNDATION George T. Cochran Dis cusses Project at Rotary Club Luncheon. Common belief Is (lint llojuicvUle dam will lie rushed through to conv nletion and in service from nil pos sible angles of utilization to tills mrt of the northwest in the shortest pus- slhlo lime for its const ruction. Whether or not HonncvlHc dnm ever becomes u reality will not lie determ ined until I He erfl or the first stage of excavation, contract for which was let hy Uncle Sain yesterday lo a Se attle contracting firm. These and other interesting thoughts in connection with this Im mense project on the Columbia river were presented to members of tho (Continued On Page Four) LOCAL WELCOME FOR O.S.C. TEAM IS POSTPONED La Grande's welcome to the victori ous Oregon State college football team, scheduled for Thursday night at the U. P. depot at 0:05 p. m., has been postponed. The reason is that the Beavers last night scheduled a Thanksgiving day game with Nebraska university, Big Six champion, for Lincoln, neD., ana will remain In Omaha until the game Is played. The Beavers probably will pass through La Orandc next weekend, tho exact lime not being available as yet. RAINY PERIOD COMES TO END THIS MORNING Balnfall of the last few days, total ing .11 of an Inch In La Grande, ap parently was at an end, with tho weather clearing this morning. Tem peratures remained moderate, with the minimum here this morning 30 above, the warmest low mark mado during tho last week. Tuesday's maximum was 47 above, with .00 of an Inch of rain falling during the 24-hour period ending at 7 o'clock this morning. The weather forecast Indicates fair sklos tonight and tomorrow with lit tle change In temperature. guard encampment at Camp Clatsop last summer. Now comes word that the plan Isn't going to bo adopted permanently, and orders to go back to the squad move ments. Those who have been In the service very long like the old plan best, they say. In spite of the fact it is more intricate than the recently tried out plan. But at any rate, -tho next tlmo Company E goes marching down the street, there will be eight men In a squad and they'll be marching four abreast. The company returned to the old typo drill at this week's meeting. UNION CO. IS READYTOPUT MEN ON JOBS Conference Under Way in Portland Today to Designate Projects WORK ALSO WILL INCLUDE WOMEN But No One Will be Given Employment Who is Not Registered at the Court House. Willi a conference under way to day In Portland to reach a final de cision on county work over the state under the new civil works plan, ex pected to give work to 21,000 men and women , In Oregon. Indications were tlnvt Union county unemployed would be put to work not Hater than next Monday. "If any Oregon county fails to have men and women at work by next Monday on the new civil works ad ministration program, It will, "ac cording to Raymond B. Wilcox, chair man of the movement in this state, "be the fault of the. Individual coun ty's relief struoture." And in Union county projects ihave been designated, list of men obtained, and In fact, everything Is In readi ness to go to work within a day's notice. . County Judge U. O. Couch, . City (Continued on Page Two) ADVANCE TICKET SALE FOR PLAYS IS ENCOURAGING After a final week of strenuous re hearsal. Miss Florence Day, director of dramatics at the Eastern Oregon Normal school, announces that the casts "of the "Princess Marries the Page." "Trifles," and "The Flatter. lng Word" are ready with finished performances. On Friday, Nov. 24, the curtain will rise at 8:16 p. m. for the first Sock and Buskin presentation of the year. Already those plays aro being recognized as superior productions. Robert Cunllffc, business manager, announces that advance sales point to an excellent house. When the throe one-aot plays were chosen some months ago. It was de cided to get the most representative of American plays. "The Princess (Continued on Pago Two) Rush for Liquor Permits in Wettest State Now York tho nation's wottoBt stale by virtue of its 8 to 1 voto against tho Prohibition Amendment---is doing a rushing businosa In issuing liquor licenses. Here's a group of eager-applicants lining up tor permits at Now York City's Beverage Control ofllces. 14 BOXERS ELIMINATED BEFORE RECORD CROWD; SEMI - FINALS TONIGHT BULLETIN! Big Jess Phillips wants another crack at 6tanley Bcssey, sensa tional heavyweight of Congress man Walter Pierce's ranch, on to night's thrilling semi-final pro gram at the Sacajawea hotel arena. "I want to find out how It all happened last night by fighting Bcssey again tonight. I didn't miss anything last night. I caught it aU-r-right ,oa, the chin, Bessoy stole ft sneaker on mo though," Phillips declared today as ho de manded another fight tonight. Waging furious combat before .tho largest boxing crowd In La Grando history, game amateur lighting men of Eastern Oregon toro Into each other like strange bull dogs in the official opening of the Eagles big re lief fund benefit championship ama teur boxing tourney on the Sacajawea hotel arena battle front last night. Lost night's fights were Just the preliminaries of the tolg meet with tho Bomi-Itnals on tonight's bill. To night's first fight starts at 8:15. With the prelims out of tho way. the most powerful amateur fighters of Eastern Oregon, Including La Grande's stars, swing into action to night. Tho fighting is duo to be more vicious and furious than last night's conflicts. Among the many (favorites to see action tonight are Lowell Hut chinson, of Union, middleweight champion of Oregon State college, who fights either Adam Leighton or ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC? Jimmy Ohandlor; Gerald Butcher, Hap Shirley, Doug Burnett, Leslie Sullivan, Charley Zlglcr, Bill Zivkovtch, Stan ley Boyd and a host of other stars. f Wallowa Get First Win . Little Bobby Dougherty of Wallowa defeated Billy Cole, La Grande, In tlirce rounds of wild fighting to open the show last night. Billy put up strong resistance but Bobby carried too, many guns for him and gained tlie verdict at tho end of their gruel, 'ling encounter. They were Junior fly- ' lb remained for Wtllard Hall to bo tho first La Grando amateur to be returned victor. Ho gained the do clsion over Darrel (lied) Irvine, of (Continued on Pago Four "Pig Latin" rxnay To Judge; Asks For Help PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22 (IP) Childhood's mystic language, "Pig Latin," had Judgo Theodore Rosen stumped but an Interpreter saved the day. Mrs. Agnes Dovlin, suing her husband for support, present ed a letter In tho cryptic code which alio said was written ,by another woman. It was signed "ovcla omcfra ourya onkeyma." Tho Judge had to havo help to learn this moans "love from your monkey." SOVIET K-7, HUGE PLANE, IS WRECKED Largest Airplane For Overland Flying in World 14 Persona Are Killed. MOSCOW, Nov. VS. (Pi A dispatch fiuin Kharkov said tlie newly cou sriiel.ed nirnlnno K-7, said to lie the largest airplane for overland flying in mo world, crashed there yesterday Killing 11 persons. . Tho doad wore reported to Include the chief pilot and mechanic and sev eral Kharkov aviation officials, but beyond theso bare facts no details wero given out. A Soviet government commission was appointed immediately to Invest!. gnte the cause of tho crush and estab lish responsibility for It. nils Is tho second major aviation (Continued on-Pago Two MURDER MYSTERY BAFFLES POLICE CIMCAMO. Nov. 2a (!) Ilarl Wyiie lump, 27, wiw retried today (o iiavo been In Chicago not mom than a few hours heroic and perhaps tit tho time his prntty wife, Illieii, 23, was killed. CHICAGO, Nov. 22 W) A baffling murder mystery In which tho victim, a 23-yoor-old woman, waa found shot to death on an operation .table of a physician's private office faced po llco for solution today. The body of the victim, Mrs. Rheta Wycnkoop, was discovered Iat night by her mothcr-ln-law, Dr. Alice Lind say Wynckoop, well known physician, in her offices In tho basement of her West Monroe street 'homo. Aside from tho fact that Mm. Wync koop was almost entirely stripped ot her clothes police said they found no ovklonccH of a strugglo and admitted that they were at a loss for ohien. In fact, tho killer had evidently taken pains to handle the) body as carefully nu possible an It was covered with a blanket that hod been tucked in at the ends and tho hood. face. down, rested on two small pillows. Nearby lay a revolver covered with a cloth, but police scoffed at the sug gestion ,that Mrs. Wynckoop might have kilted herself for sho had been fthot In the back Jiiftt below tho loft shoulder. Three bullets had been fired from tho weapon but her llfo had been taken with a slnglo shot. Wheat Today The price of IotjiI vtish wheat stood nt alioiit 51 Yx centM hulk today, according to qliot ill Ions at the I'lnneer I'lourlng Mill. Part In nil cjwh 70 cent. CHICAGO, Nov. 22 lAt A late outburst of selling today more than wiped out the effect of rallies from early sharp setbacks of wheat values. - Mixed sentiment regarding tlie in fluence of changes in United States treasury officials was regarded as largely responsible for rapid fluctua tions in wheat and other grains. Most of the day's business was between professional traders. Wheat closed nervous, 1 & lo under yesterday's finish, corn c off, out dbo down, and provis ions showing 53 40c declluo. JUST BEFORE PRESSTME NEW SENATOR APPOINTED (IHANOK CONDEMNS STRIKE CAIX SPECIAL SESSION DISARM PAULEY SUSPENDED MONTPKI.lRIl, Vt Nov. 22 VP) Former Congressman Ernest W. Gib son today was named U. 8, senator by Governor Stanley C. Wilson to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of Porter II. Dale. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 22 VP) The national grange today voted con demnation of the farm strike as a means of securing "economlo Justice" for agriculture. ' OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 21 VP) Gov. Clarence D. Martin today Issued n call for a special session of the Wash ington legislature Dee. 4, to adopt state liquor control laws and con sider other pending problems. GENEVA, Nov. 22 VP) Tho steering committee of the disarmament con ference voted today to suspend tho parloy until January. HAVANA, Nov. 22 (P) Three per Kong, Including n boy of 12, were kill ed In Cumngucy today by the explo sion of 17 boinhs ns new disorders developed In the Interior. LOS ANOELES, Nov. 22 (P) Dozens of families living In Blanctmrd Can yon fled from their cabin homes today a forest rtre which menaced fash ionable estates In La. Crescenta and La Canada areas last night spread to the north andl west at tho head of Dunsmero canyon. ' EL PAHO, Tex., Nov. ZZ (T) Lee Trucy. movie actor who left Mexico, I). 1, after n tilt with police there. urrlvcd hero by nlr today. F. R: REFUSES TO MAKE CHANGES IN MONETARY POLICY WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (P) The administration went forward with its Bold program today undeterred by tho contention of Dr, O. M. W. Sprague that grave dangers Ho ahoad If the policy Is pursued. Resigning as special financial ad- (Continued on Pago Two) SPEED WORK ON DAM AT OWYHEE PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22 (P) Dr. El wood Mead, chief of the bureau of reclamation, said hero today tliat work will start Immediately at tho Owyhee dam Jn Eastern Oregon on contract? which, have been let for construction or siphons, additional cana!a and structures. It Is planned, Dr. Mead said, to havo tho dam partly In operation ncirt year, and that tho Job will too completed much earlier than had been expected. It has been possible to Hp cod work on all reclamation pro jects, Mead said, through allotment of more than $160,000,000 from tho public works administration. GRAND JURORS CALLED TODAY FOR THURSDAY Circuit Judgo J. W. Knowles today called the grand Jury to meet in ses sion nt tho court house at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. No regular term of court Is held during December, but special cases may bo callcdi if necessary. SANDPAPER, CARPET TACKS AID INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 22 (IP) Al O. Pconey, Indiana's thrco-ln-ono fire marshal, atato .pollco chief and ath letic commissioner, pondered today on the problem of which of his pow ers ho should Invoke In dealing with tho enso of Chief Chcwstikl, heavy weight wrestler. The chlcr, billed as being from Ard more, Okla., set the fans afire, dis turbed their peaco of mind and com mitted a broach of athlctlo otlquetto when ho oamo Into tho ring last nliiht for tho third and deckling tall of a wrestling match with two pieces of Mind paper studded with carpet tacks tucked down In his tights. Tho Chief's opponent was "Irish" Pnt O'Sliockor, of 8alt Lako City, re cent Javoilto of tho Detroit society grand dames who not long ago were MEIER PICKS MEN TO FILL , EMPTY SEATS Legislature Confirms Gov i ernors Appointments ; Without Protests. LIQUOR CONTROL i HEARING TONIGHT Bill For Unemployment Relief Calls For $3,000,-' 000 Revenue From, Liquor Sales. : '! SALEM, Nov.- SS VP) Confirma tion of Governor Julius L. Meier's appointments to fill the four vacan cies in tlie Oregon house and senate was speedy and without any protest ing votes In both chambers as the two legislative groups convened to day; It was wipeoted the new mem-, bent would be sworn 111 this after noon, . .. Those named were Arthur P. Ire land, of Forest Drove, to succeed Sen ator Edwin Allen, and Senator Linn , E. Jones to succeed himself. In the - house ithe new members are Glenn O. Taylor, of Medford, to succeed Bart B. Day and "Alvah B. Brockway, of Medford, to succeed B. O.'Kelly. Liquor lllll Hearing -First public action on the Knox liquor control bill will Ibe taken late today when a hearing was called by the alooliollo control committee to listen to suggestions and ohanges ' proposed by . members of the house. Outside views will bo heard by the committee tomorrow morning' at 0 o'clock. - .-.! .1 (Continued on Pago TWo r Prison Riot In 1 Philadelphia Is Under Control PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22 P) Em bittered over their Imminent segre gation in a "prison within a prison," a band of 75 recalcitrant convicts are blamed for the moat destructive riot In the history of the century-old eastern state penitentiary, , . . . Running wild during a recreation period In the penitentiary yard yes terday, tho enraged convicts smashed Into and fltvd prison, buildings and destroyed valuable machinery. They wrecked and set ablaze the weaving shop and tho dye shop, and wreaked destruction in part of the kitchen and tlie chaplain's quarters. For two ihours they had the peni tentiary in an uproar the fourth re volt behind its grim walls within tho lasti six weeks. - - l ' 1 . Then the guards, reinforced by sev eral hundred city policemen, , detec tives, state troopers and state high way patrolmen forced them Into cells with the aid of streams from fire hoso and shots fired from riot guns but not aimed directly at the pris oners. Strong details of extra guaiVls were kept on duty today to quell possible now outbreaks. Condition of Film Actress Critical HOLLYWOOD, Nov., 22 (P) De- ' velopment of peritonitis after an op eration for acute appendicitis caused concern to be expressed today for tho recovery of Maureen O'Sulllvan, block-haired motion picture actress., So critical was the condition of the Jlttlo Irish-born screen player that her physician, Dr. W. B. Branch sent to the University of California modi cal school at San Francisco for scrum. WRESTLER deported to havo boon delighted with his drawing room demonstrations of tho grappling art. The Chlof had token tho first fell but hod lost tho socond lsst night. He started out earnestly to win the deciding fall and floppttd the curly hatred O'Shockcr, who, however, wriggled from bonoath tbe ponderous redskin and darted for tho ropes rub bing his bare legs and gesticulating toward tho Indian's tights. Rolerco Hoee Cork backed the Chlof into corner and, whllo the fans howled, pulled ofr tho Chief's tights, leaving him with not much more covorlng than a fan dancer. Prom ithe tights Clark extracted the tacks and sandpaper and awarded tho third fall to O'Shockor, . ' IP
