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Work To Be Done On State, Fish Hatchery At Un ion "La Grande Is The j Gateway to Wallowa, J "The Switzerland ! of America Only Newspajpier Printed in La Grande . Covering Union and Wallowa Counties . mxmx volume 32 EASTERN OKEOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 70 SAN JOSE 1QB LYNG1ES IIBWM toning IMPROVEMENT HATCHERY HELD LIKELY ,Game Commission Asks ' For C. W. A. Appi'oval of Some Work Now. 115 ANSWER CALL TO WORK TODAY When Weather Conditions Prevent Work, Men Will Be Given Chance to Make it Up. First Indication that the' si ate game ct. i m illusion (lot's nut Intend to scrap tlie Union fbih hatchery, iiut plunn to hnnve and enlarge it, cainn to day In an application to submit to the civil works administration here v: lor approval. Tho appllcatluu n for the expenditure of $H :'.." I) at the liati'lifry for materials, half to he - paid for by the commission, and the ' giving of work to five men for 15 . da vs. The application, is for Improve ments, including repairs to the bulld ? ing and improving of the grounds. i Possibility of building somo additional J 10 by 60 feet ponds later also Is seen -i locally. S '-This will give a start In a program , for an Improved hatchery," wrote Kalph P. Cowglll, engineer for the ' state game commission. - J. H. Peare, chairman of tho county r relief committee, today said the local . board probably would approve the I application. The board will meet s tonight and receive other applications, 1 including school work.- at North Pow I ur and La Grande, besides other' ' projects. At present Union county lias several projects before tho state ,' board in Portland also. (Continued on Page Six) 26 Tigers Win Grid Letters; 11 To Graduate Eleven football lettermen will re ceive their I. H. S. diplomas next May, It was announced, today by Coach Ira Wocxlle. Twenty-six Tigers won letter awards on 'this fall's North eastern Oregon championship team. Awards will toe maide at an assembly to be held sometime In December. Tigers who will graduate ore: Jack Alvey, halfback; Earle DeBole, half back; Ralph Floberg, halfback; Jim Halley, linesman; Norman Hogenson, linesman; Sheldon Hyde, quarterback; Hugliey Irwin, end; Orlin Osborn. back; Buddy Reynolds, quarterback; Homer Snider and Kenneth Webb, linesmen. Two others on -the squad who did not win letters Burnett Chausse and Herbert Voruz also will graduate. At a meeting of football men, Flo berg was honored by election as the most representative football man on the. squad. There was no captain tills year, some man being appointed for the position each game. Football lettermen who will see at least one more year of service some of thean more than that follow: Max and Victor Bean, ends; Tom Black mail, tackle; Bill Cantrell, linesman; Ralph DeBole, halfback; Fred Geh ring, center; Carl Hanson, back; Earl Johnson, back; Earl Peterson, half back; Charles Hothwell, linesman; Don Stltt, quarterback; Cecil Walden, tackle; Kenneth Waldron .end; Rob ert Webb, back; Charles Young, tackle. Others on the squad who did not win letters this year and who will be back next fall Include Robert Koyle, John Rogers. Sidney Thomp son and Howard Zink. SAWMILL THEFT CASE DISMISSED BY COURT A unique case came before the Jus tice of peace in Enterprise last week. It was learned today. Three men were accused of stealing a sawmill I A. B. Conaway, Justice of peace, felt the task of unravelling the mys tery of the missing sawmill was too great In view of the evidence sub mitted, so dismissed tho action. According to the Enterprise Record Chieftain, -the testimony Indicated that two partners had "fallen out" and something had happened to a small portable sawmill. E. J. McManus washe complain bnt and Roy Hartley, E. C. Harley and Loren Mntheny were the defend ants. McManus said he had bought i the mill from William Beaudoln on WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Col., Not. 20 Just when It looked like Al was go ing to have Ills gold argument go by default, why up comes an old coun try boy from out of the wheat .shocks of Idaho. And ho tokos up what I suppose would be known as the nega tive side of the dlsput. He says: "If your gold la bo hot, how did we get In the shape we are In?" Well, It's going to require a little thought to answer that one. The gentleman I am about to in troduce ito you needs no introduc tion. It's William E. Borah, and If a man searched the United States over he couldn't find a more worthy too to enter into combat with. Al, I know you didn't mean to, but you choosed a tough baby. Yours, AG TEACHERS MEET HERE Smith-Hughes Agricultur: al Work to Include Fat tening of Livestock. I'laim for the wining year of work hi the F. F, A. organization in East ern Oregon schools were made nt a sectional vocational agrlcultjire tea chers conference., nt.. the.. Haoajawea Inn Salt unlay from U a. in. to 5 p. in. Smith-Hughes Instructors from Pen dleton, Unlun, Wallowa, Imbler, n- lario , and other KUHiem' Oregon schools attended. Earl It. t'ooluy, supervisor of vocational education In Oregon nigh schools, conducted the conference Plans were made for the Eastern Oregon Livestock show Smith-Hughes students' exhibits and vocational contests. In addition to the regular classes of animals for breeding pur poses, a special class lor fat animals was decided on. The students dur ing the coming year, will add to their projects fattening either baby beef, (Continued on Page Two) SUNSHINE YIELDS TO CLOUDS, RAIN The perfect -weather experienced in La Grande for the last week or so gave way to ruin tills morning, and at 7 o'clock the precipitation totalled .13 -of an inch, with rain still falling. The weather prediction was for oc casional rain tonight and Tuesday with snows In the mountains and no change in temperature. The mini mum this morning iwas 41 atoove. Sunday's weather was almost fault less, wilh the sky clear most of the day and a warm sun bringing tho temperature up to a maximum of 05 above. ', i ' So far this fall there has been lit tle rain and -little wind, and already the Grande Ronde valley has enjoyed about two weeks more of excellent weather than in ordinary years. BUILDING PERMIT TOTAL $41,282.00 Building permits in La Grande have reached the total of ,282.00 for the year or 1933, with a little more than a month yet to go. Plvo permits nave been issued by tho city recorder-treasurer this month, ono for 25, one for 00, two for $50 and ono for $100. Sheep creek and had hired V. O. Dag gett to haul it to the mine on the Imnalia in which McManus Is Inter ested. Pieces of the machinery aro said to be scattered along the road now. It did not appear how or when or where the theft had been commit ted. ' ; Mr. Beaudoln said he gave Mr. Mc Vanus a bill of sale for the mill, but 'he had not received any money in payment. For some years Mr. McManus and Mr. Hartley had been partners in the Imnalia mine and Mr. Hartley said they Intended to buy the mill to gether for use on their property. Ho was not in possession of the machin ery and had not been, he said. "All American Margaret De Young, attractive blonde coed, chosen University of Oregon's candidate for "All Ameri can girl." JOHN F. MILLER; PIONEER, PASSES HERE SATURDAY John Frank Miller, a pioneer of Pendleton and La Grande, died Sat urday at the Mayvllle home after a long Illness. The boc"y Is at the Walker Funeral Home and funeral services will be announced later. Mr. Miller has been a resident of Eastern Oregon for the last half cen tury, spending the last 20 years In La Grande. ' . -'-He was born' in Illinois Aug. 7, 18GS and was 67 years, three months and 19 days of age. Survivors in clude a daughter, Claire, in Seattle; a brother, W. S. Miller, of La Grande; a sister, Mrs. Etta Howard, and three brothers, George, Meade and Phillip. all of Kansas. LESTER CULP IS IMPROVING Lester S. Culp, of La Grande, who was Injured in an automobile acci dent at Huntington several weeks ago, has left St. Elizabeth's hospital at Baker where he was a patient. GET LICENSE TO WED SATURDAY Miss Amagene Roc, of La Grande, and Robert Lynn Blanchard, Pondosa, were Issued a marriage license In Walla Walla on Saturday. THANKSGIVING HERE TO BE CHEERFULDAY Improvement in Business Conditions and Employ ment is General. . CLOUDS YIELD TO OPTIMISTIC NOTE Churches Plan Union Ser vice Wednesday Eve ning; Thursday Will Be Legal Holiday. A more cheerful Tluinkseivliur dav Yhnn has been observed in the last few years will be celebrated here Thursday. It will mark the first time 'in recent years that business and em ployment liave been on the upward trenail, with more men ut work and more money In circulation. Nearly overy walk of life has noted an improved condition over that of 'last fall, and optimism has replaced the fear of 1932. In La Grande, as elsewhere in tho country, the day will be observed as a complete holiday. Practically all of' the stores will be closed .the Observer will not publish, and 'schools, courts. etc. will be Idle. . Schools will have ' no classes from closing time Wednes day to Monday morning. 1 A union, church service will bo held Wednesday evening at 7 :30 o'clock In the First Baptist church, with min isters of the city each taking part. Rev. E. W. Brachor, of the Zion Eng lish Lutheran ohurch, will preach tho (Continued on Page Six) Lions District Governor Talks At Lunch Today Ed Shea, district governor of Ore gon Lions, spoke briefly at today's luncheon of the Lions club at the Sacajawea Inn. He gave an Interest ing talk to the members of the or ganization. Mr. Shea is from Port land. Captain Body, of the Salvation Army, also spoke briefly. Lions announces they would like to have more toys for Christmas dis tribution, also clothing, books, etc., and that all would be thoroughly fumigated before distribution. By calling either Harold Boone, at the chamber of commerce office, or Fire Chief C. T. Lindsey, arrangements may bo made to call for any article, The third grade of Willow school, taught by Beatrice McKInney, sang three Thanksgiving songs. HERE'S THE REAL PROBLEM &if' iilL jiff 'Just Drive-In for Your Divorce' 1 .fV.i-- mmtmmifi fflflfti' Mighty obliging fellows, these California Judgesl Judge Isnao Pactit of Azua, Cul., opened a "driven" court and granted freedom to Mrs. Shirley Gordon when It was learned Mrs. Oordon was an invalid and could not leave her car. Principals in the novel case, left to right: D. E. Hunter, bailiff; A. Noah Borah, attorney; Judge Pacht; C. M. RaVmond, court reporter, and R. E. Parkin, clerk. Mrs. Cordon is in 1 the car. CLUB MEMBERS ENTERTAINED AT UNION BANQUET VNION (Special). The Union cortun&:clul club, was - host to the members, of tho boys and girls bf the 4-H livestock clubs of Union county and to the officers of tho local F. F. A. club at a banquet at tho Union hotel Friday evening. The tables were attractively decorated In tho club colors, white and green, and various posters were in evidence about the dining room. In the ab sence of Lew Bidder, president of the club,' D. E. Richards, superintendent of the experiment station, had charge of the program. During the evening the women's quartet composed of the Misses, Lcona Spray, Jane Smith, Fawn Geertsen and Mrs. La nice Tob in, accompanied by Miss Erla Clarke, sang several selections. Leonard J. Allen, of Corvallls, assistant state 4-H club leader gave a talk on club work and complimented the members of Union county for having tho largest number of winning entries from any ono county. H. G. Avery county agent was called on to Intro- (Continued on Page Two) SHOULD GIVE MORS THOUGHT TO THE POSITIONS AETEg ASK INQUIRY OF DR. KERR University Faculty Mem bers Present Request to Board of Education. PORTLAND, Nov. 27 UFI An In vestigation of tile administration of Dr. V. .1. Kerr tin chancellor of Ore gon's higher educational system lias been requested by faculty members of University of Oregon, It was sulil hero today by unofficial sources. The action was taken at a brief meeting of tho university faculty at Eugene Saturday, and copies of the resolution asking for tho hearing were mailed to' Dr. Kerr and! all members of the. bonrd of highor edu cation. It was understood that tho fac ulty voted to request tho board to investigate all charges It brought rocontly In supporting Dean Wayne L. Morse, of the school of law, after Morse had demanded the resignation of Roscoc C. Nelson, cx-prcsldcnt of tlie board, and Dr. Kerr as chancel- (Contlnuod on Paso Two) PRESS MUZZLING IS HELD LIKELY GARY, Ind.. Nov. 27 m Con gressman William T. Schulto of the first Indlnna district predicted In a speech lost night that the next con gress would pass legislation "muzz ling tho press" and declared "It needs muzzling." "In addition to fighting the thieves of Wall Street," Schulte, a Demo crate, said "wo ore going to have to deal with a subsidized press, whose slogan Just now seems to be 'stop Iloosevelt'." Harry Long, Gary attorney, ans wered. Schulte. declaring "every news paper has a rlyht to criticise the gov ernment If It sees fit." Wheat Today The price of iIhii! wheat Mood at about 'lli eetilH hulk today, acconlliig lo quotation ut the Pioneer I'louritig Mill. Port land vtis (is cents. CHICAGO, Nov. 27 Ml A brisk 'rally In wheat values lato today re sulted from Indications that federal relief agencies were buying Immed iate delivery wheat at all tho leading markots. Net gains though were not maintained. Wheat futures In Chicago ran up quickly to about 2 cent over earlier low levels, which were the bot tommost reochfxi since Oct. 20. No. 1. hard winter wheat available at once Bold today at three-ccnts over Chi cago December delivery, as compared with ono cent over the future Satur day. Wheat closed nervous, 'aT4c un der Saturday's finish, corn 'nc off to 'ic up, out ij w c down, nnd pro visions varying! rroin 10c decline to a rlso of I6d. . t ' 1 JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME LYNCHING FOR CHICAGO? 9 SAYS LONG MADE THREATS ATTORNEY SENTENCED (1AINES' 1IKI KNSK RESTS CHICAGO, Nov. 87 VP) Frank WulMh, .Cook county coroner, Raid to ilny that n lynching or two In Chi tngo Mich im those of the Hrooke Hurt kltlimpera ut San Jose, Cul., "wouldn't hurt a thing." NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 27 VPl 8. D. Hunter, wealthy Shrcveport oil oper ator today told the senate committee investigating the election of Senator John K. Overton, (D., La.) that Sen ator Huey P. Long, who supported Overton, had told him that if he did not contribute 15.000 to the Overton campaign and cease his anti-Long political activities, he would be ar rested for overproduction of gas and oil. NEW YORK, Nov. 87 W) . Islllor J. Krexel, attorney convicted ten days ago on a charge of abetting In the misapplication or Hinds on nil affili ate of the defunct bank of United Stuttw, wis Reiitenccd to l'j to "IVi years In Sing Slug prison toduy. ' SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 27 OT The defense In the Lilly Bank Guinea' murder cose rested at 10:45 o'clock this morning without calling the at tractive young widow as a witness to tell her story of the shooting of her husband, Dr. James I. Gaines, for whose murder she Is being tried. DAKAR, 8onegal, Nov. 27 P) Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Llnd bergh arrived at Porto Praia, Cape Verde Islands, at 3 p. nv Q. M. T. (10 a. m. E. B. T.) today, on their flight from Villa Clsneros, on the northwest coast of Africa. SECOND WEEK OF SPECIAL SESSION BEGINS IN SALEM SALEM, Nov. 27 (ff) The second week of the extraordinary session of the Oregon legislature today started to work on the final disposition of minor measures while committees either reported out the major unem ployment, liquor and power measures or furthered development of them within committees. The proposal to Issue certificates of indebtedness up to $3,000,000 for un employment relief out of liquor sale revenue was reported out favorable htf t)lA hnllcn unnmnlniiiManf. inm mlttco today and will bo up for final consideration tomorrow. In the meantime a public hearing will bo held lato today In tho house chambers to hear the presentation of tho large group which came hero to day from Portland to seek unemploy. (Continued on Page Six) STRIKE TIES UP CHICAGO MARKET CHICAGO, Nov. 2? m Striking employes of tho Chicago Union stock yards itoday caused a virtual cessa tion of tho livestock market. Only about 800 men were on strike, seeking 1020 wages, but they were tho key men of tho yards, tlie ha nul ling crew. The main entrance to the yards on Ha Is ted street was picketed by scores of strikers. Inside tho yards, many trucks were parked In all avail able space, all loaded with livestock which would not even be wolghed. Tho livestock handlers union call ed the strike. TREASURY BUYS IN U. S. SECURITIES WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 Wl Treas ury purchases of 8,748,0O0 of gov ernment securities In the last week were announced today by Acting Sec retary MorKcnthau. ... An unchanged government gold price todny gave fresh Indications of President Roosevelt's determination to maintain his monetary policy despite widespread criticism and defense of commodity dollar plans. Tho RFC offered to pay 33.70 an ounce for gold within two hours af ter Acting Secretary Morgcnthau re turned from a weekend conference with President Roosevelt at Warm SprlMKs. Ocornla. This fluuro main tained tho level Bet before Morgcn thau wont south and quoted during his absence. Considerable Interest was created by the publication of a memorandum SLAYERS OF HART KILLED ! BEFORE 6000 Governor Rolph, of CaliJ torraa, Expresses Ap- ; proval of Action, j LYNCHING OCCURS ' AFTER BODY FOUND Not An Arrest Made "That Was a Fine .Les son to the Whole Na-' tion" Rolph States. ; SAN JOSE, Cnl., NorJ 27 UV-WIUIa a whooping '.'wring .crowd of 8,008 persons looked on approvingly. Thorn- as II. Thurmond aisd John M. Holmes, (xmfessed kidnaper-slayers of Brooksj Hart, were lynched lure last night by a mob of 100 men who had smashed their way Into the county Jail after u two hour battle to seize the pair. Thurmond, first to confess, was un conscious when dragged to St. James park, 100 yards away from the Jail, partially stripped and hanged to a tree.. Holmes, powerful and adamant. fought for his ilte in vain against his swarm of executioners. Twice b wrBnohed his hands free and lifted the noose from his head, but the third time it was put there to stay. Still kicking he was yanked Into the air. . ... ,.- . : : In the glare of torches and flash lights the bodies dangled for half an hour or bo a macabre picture for the thousands who had assembled swiftly after the news of the lynching move ment had. spread through; the city, flien " the " lifeless' v . forma- were 'cut - down. . The mob was satisfied and? . (Continued on Page Bis) . Earle Wynekoop Is Arraigned On Accessory Count CHICAGO, Nov. 27. (ff) Earle Wynekoop was arraigned in. felony court today on a charge of accessory before the fact In the slaying of his wife, Rheta. The charge was substituted for th formal murder charge lodged Satur day against the youtlr, whose "con fession" that he killed the girl waft spurned by the police as an effort to save his mother from, conviction. Dr. Alice Wynekoop was held for grande jury action on a murder charge. , Tmlsn Tmr A Osirtlllax Kdrnanrlctrl young Wynekoop to the custody of police without ball pending a hear ing Dec. 4. Hearing on a habeas corpus writ for Earle was continued by Judge Joseph B. David until Friday, when a similar hearing for Dr. Alice has been Bet. Two Gang Murders In Detroit Sunday DETROIT Nov. 27 W) Police searched the Detroit area and sur rounding counties today for the men who early Sunday shot to death Abo Axler nnd Eddie Fletcher member of tho once-powerful Purple gang. The bodies of the .two victims were found slumped In the rear seat of an automobile on a lonely road near tho north side suburb of - Bloctnfleldj hills by an Oakland county constable approximately 30 minutes after the slaying. Tlie men apparently had been slain by two other men with whom they were riding. attributed to former Undersecretary Dean Achcson which termed the gold purchase plan not legal under the RFC act. At the same time, an opin ion arguing legality was attributed lo Stanley Reed, RFC counsel. DETROIT, Nov. 27 Ml Asserting that President Roosevelt stands for sound money and will not be stopped by "bankers and their puppets," Rev. Fr. Charles E. Coughlln In a speech Sunday! attacked Akferd H. Smith for his editorial In the New Outlook In which he called for a return to the gold standard. LONDON, Nov. 37 wi The United States dollar made a strong comeback on tho foreign exchange market to day, closing at 6.08 to the pound, 12 '4 cents better than Saturday's closing.
