Than For 3 Years
7 1
j La Grande Is The 2
J Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland J
" Only Newspaper 1
Printed in La Grande
.Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties .
of America
, VOLUME! 32
EASTEKN OKBOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA d'RANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 78
R BI
r t
f
Outlook
Better Here This Winter
hi
MULES'
KNOX
MM
MORE WORK
AVAILABLE
THIS SEASON
Combination of Better
Business and Relief
Provides New Jobs
NEW MONEY GREAT
AID TO COMMUNITY
Farmer to Get ,Real Re
lief in Form of Govern
ment Checks in the
Near Fujaire.
La Grande and Union county lire
entering the winter or 11133-34 with
a better feeling and more optlmim
than since the winter of 1020-30.
More men will be earning a living
here than during sr.y winter In the
last three yearn. Volume of btmlness
ho Improved, more money Is In cir
culation, and real relief Is coming
to the farmer at Inst.
This, In general, is a picture of the
situation at present, according 10 in
quiries made by the Observer.
Several hundred more men are at
work, ' both on private and public
payrolls. Increase In the railroad
freight business, re-open lng this year
of lumber mills long closed down,
creation of Jobs by the civil works,
the national recovery act, more effi
cient work by relief agencies, and
(Continued on Page Two)
Baker Will Be
Host to Legion
Gathering Dec. 16
Baker will be host to the seventh
district American Legion conference
Dec. 16, with representatives from
La Grande, Union, Enterprise, On
tario, Burns and smaller Eastern Ore
gon cities to attend the meeting.
State Commander Harold J. War
ner, of Pendleton; Mayor Joseph Car
son, of Portland; Lynn Sabln, assist
ant general manager of the Portland
chamber of commerce; Aaron M.
Prank of Meier & Prank Co., and
others from Portland are planning to
attend.
STOGY oP
And the shepherds cnnio with
haste and found Mary and Jo
soph: then, also the bahy, lying
In the maiiKcr: and they made
known abrond all that which
had been told to them concerning
the child.
SHOPPING
RAYS
rCHBISTMAS
in
MILD WINTER AHEAD
IF ABBOTT IS RIGHT
Dr. Charles O. Abbot, secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, has an
nounced that he has discovered that
the weather repeats Itself every 23
years differing, of course. In day-today
details. In other words, weather
everywhere on the earth substantially
repeats Iteetf every 23 years. To go
into the results of his findings would
take too much space, but his discov
ery is being received with more than
usual Interest by weather officials
throughout the world. 1
Now, if Dr. Abbot Is right, the
weather In La Grande this winter
should closely parallel the winter of
1910-11. And, so far, It has done
Just that thing!
The falls were similar. The rainfall
WILL
ROGERS
" BEVERLY HILLS, Col., Deo. 8
Well, sir, from vfhat I can read and
hear today folks stood the shock of
getting a drink-(without giving their
names) In mighty good shape. Course
the ones that are dear "out" we
won't hear of for days, but It looked
like everything went off better than
expected. You see the whole problem
Is getting people from i bad drinks
back onto good drinks. You tako a
good bucking horse rider, he would
rather ride a toad horse than a nice
gentle one. So It's going to take timo
to get 'em- to having ft sociable drink
without watching the door. Yours,
. M.K SiiU6. fc
SCHOOL WARRANTS
ARE CALLED UP
TO APRIL FIRST
A new call for warrants issued by
the clerk of school district No. 1.
Raymlnd O. Williams, left unpaid
warrants of the La Grande district
riot.imr -nn further back than April,
this year. Fifty-five hundred dollars
In warrants aro toeing canea as pre
Tntsnwt. on nil , warrant endB
on the day of the call, which Is pub
lished In the advertising ooiumiio
the Observer.
In connection with the calling of
warrants, Mr. Williams finds that
warrants that have been called in
the past but not presented for pay
ment total more than l,0O. The old
est warrant Is No. 60, amounting to
$43.36, called on Nov. 14, 1032. moro
than a year agol Also, there are throe
warrants out amounting to 80 called
June 8, and three warrants out
amounting to..20 called July .l,..,r
Other warrants out, and their date
of call, follow: Seven, $117.50, Oct.
16; 40, $740.13, NOV. 16.
ELKS MEMORIAL
TO BE TONIGHT
Memorial services for all members
of the B. P. O. Elks who hove dledi
during tho past year will be one of
the features of tho lodge meeting to
night at 8 o'clock at the temple.
-i tvo Rprvicea hove been
open to tho public but they will be
for members oniy ranj'"-
uriiiiamcrm rxnlted ruler, will con
duct the ritual. Sherwood Williams
will sing and Hugh B. uraay win
the principal speaker.
Other features of tho services will
be Initiation of new members and a
clam feed at which Guy Blrkett will
bo the chef.
SMALL GIRLS IN
MUSICAL COMEDY
The hues of the rainbow are the
inspiration for one of the colorful
scenes In "Tho Rood To Glory", musi
cal comedy, to bo presented under
tho direction of Ralph V. Horron,
Rocky Mountain Productions, and
sponsored by tho Eagles lodge on
Dec. 15. Mrs. Plavla Sherwood, the
college sweetheart and the leading
lady, will sing "Land of Lost Rain
bows." Six small girls will be featured In
the coral ballet which accompnnicf
the number, the chorus comprising
Marcla Miller, Freddy Spaeth, Janesi
Mclntyre. Patsy McManus, Beth Fross
and Ruth Ralston.
A variety of songs and dances are
now in rehearsal with a group of La
Grande's leading artists filling the
principal roles.
for September, October and - Novenv
her, 1910 totalled 4.71 inches. This
year the rainfall for the same months
was 6.16, a difference of only .46 of
an Inch. Both falls were unusually
warm with 83 above weather In No
vember, 1910, although some snow
fell before the month ended.
Now for the winter 1 If Dr. Ab
bott's theory Is correct. La Grande
should enjoy a mild winter. Not an
open winter, but a mild winter, based
on the winter of 1910-11.
December, 1910, was comparatively
warm, with a maximum of 52 and a
minimum of 23 above. There was
eight Inches of snow during the
(Continued on Pnge Si)
"WONDERFUL"
in ...
She's "one of the best girls I
know . . . and a wonderful per
son" But Rudy Vallee Ik not go
ing to marry pretty Alice Fuye
(ubovc), a singer in his band. At
least (hat Ik what, the famous
crooner said about a rcKrted ro
mance with the blonde beauty us -he
prepared to sue his wife, Fay
Webb, for divorce in New Yorl
DISTRIBUTION OF
CLOTHING TO END
UNTIL JANUARY 1
? .There will he no furtnor distribu
tion of Red Cross clothing except in
emergency cases, until after the first
of the year. This decision was reach
ed by members of the Red Cross
committee after a careful survey,
which disclosed that there Is a teno
ency on the part of some to regard
Red Cross supplies as being available
in any quantity and at all times. As
a matter of fact the supply of under
wear and hose, overalls and some
other articles has been practically
exhausted. There will be no further
supplies of these articles available
through Red Cross channels, it Is
said. The government expects to
make self-support possible through
the operation of the C. W. A., so that
those families who have been re
ceiving aid from official relief
agencies will find it unnecessary to
continue to do so. Emergency cases
will be handled the same as In the
past and it Is pointed out that this
Is the real function of the Red Cross
(Contlnued on Page Three)
ACTION SOON
ON PIPELINE
WORK LIKELY
City Officials Believe Ore--;
gon Board Will Ap-
prove 'Project.
WASHINGTON O. K.
ANOTHER PROBLEM
City Commission Passes'
Ordinance Defining
Vagrancy; Salary List
is Approved.
La Grande's $257,000 Heaver creek
pipeline project Is likely to receive
approval of the Oregon P. W. A.
board within the very near future,
and then be forwarded to Washing
ton for the federal public works ad
ministration to consider.
nils Is tho belief of City Manager
Angus McAllister, announced, at last
night's city commission meeting. He
bases his belief oh the fact that the
Oregon public works iboard asked him
for additional information about a
week ago, which was promptly sup
plied by the city, and at ithe some
time, the state public works board
Intlmatdd that early action on the
project might be expected.
' Although Secretary Ickes has prac
tically shut down on western P. W. A.
projects, local officials believe that
even if the La Grande project were
not approved In Washington this
month, that chances for an addition
al public works appropriation at the
next session of congress are good, and
that If additional money Is appro
orlatecT. the La Grande project would
stand good-chanco of (being accept
ed. Of course, this Is mostly con
jecture, but city officials are optl-
(Continued on Page Two)
L. J. Norton Will
Attend Eastern ,
Oregon Meeting
CORVALLIS, Dev. 7 (P) L. J. Nor
ton, representative of the farm
credit administration at Washington,
D. C, will attend the meeting of the
astern Oregon Wheat League at
Moro, Sherman county, Friday and
Saturday, i ,
This information was received by
agricultural leaders at Oregon. State
college. Several mem,bers of the staff
here will attend tho meeting, con
sidered one of the most important
farm gatherings in the state.
Norton la an authority In produc
tlol credit, now engaging attention
of northwest producers,
POLITICAL FENCE 1933
V
Jake the Barber
i vy
Iiofylng -gangsters to carry-out their death threats, John (Jako
: the Burlier! Factor thirsting Tor vengeance against his kidnapers,
will testify a( tho approuching trial or Hogcr Touhy anil his aides,
accused of tho abduction, in Chicago. Factor is shown hero as he
declares emphatically that ho will tell tho story of his kidnaping
.and torturo on the witness stand.
STORM ENDS AND
NORTHWEST AREA
BEGINS REPAIRS
With the storm that lias whipped
the Pacific northwest for the last few
days, apparently at an end, La Orando
was counting Itself lucky today that
It -'jOBCaped" any serious- consequences
of.: tho blow. . A light snow storm,
fairly heavy winds and .28- of an
Inc'li of rain which fell last night was
ttia .extent of the storm locally..., t
The forecast for Eastern Oregon Is
for partly cloudy sklos tonight and
Friday with slightly colder weather
tonight.
Transportation and communication
companies In Western Oregon put
large crows of workmen on recon
struction Jobs today to make perman
ent the temporary Repairs accomplish
ed In the fury of the storm. At two
points on tho main line of tho South
ern Paclflo railroad south of Oregon
dlty, laborers were repairing tracks
(Continued on Page Six)
Open Bids On 22 .
Highway Projects
PORTLAND, Dec. 7 VP) Bids on
22 national recovery projects, mainly
for bridge construction and work on
secondary highways, wero opened by
the state highway commission hore
today.
MODEL
n
IVy-, IM
Wants Revenge
PEACE SIGNS
HOVER OVER
AG. BUREAU
Roosevelt Confera With
Warring Leaders of Ag
ricultural Department
. .WASHINGTON, lco. 7 W Peace
signs hovered over the dispute In the
iigrlmilture- department today after
President Hooscvelt ilind conferred
with the wnrrlnc leaders.
George N. Peek, tho agriculture
adjustment administrator, and Guy
Rex ford Tug well, assistant secretary
of agriculture both told reporters
they aro not resigning.
There was somo talk of Peek going
to the NRA to tako charge of the
food codes Just transferred there; but
Peek said he had "not hoard anything
about it. It hasn't ever been con
sldercd so far as I know." ,
Inquiries at tho NTIA developed'
the impression there that Peek would
remain at the agricultural adjust
ment post to keep charge of some of
the codes, as well as of the farm act
in general.
Preparations were mado at the NRA
meanwhile, to take charge of the
numerous other codes dealing' with
farm products, after the original pro.
ccsslng, which will be devised under
the Johnson regime. .
FESS DENOUNCES
MONETARY COURSE
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 7 (P) Senator
Simeon D. Fcss, of Ohio, assistant
Republican lender In tho senate, pre
diets Franklin D. Roosevelt will not
bo president moro than three years
from now.
It looks, tho senior Ohio senator
told Ohio Hop ubhc tins leadors hero
yesterday, llko ' we re going to hell,
Senator Fess denounced the admin
istration's monetary course, tho op
eration of tho federal relief program
and tho national recovery program,
"No government can spend Itself
Into prosperity," Fuss said attacking
relief administration which ho termed
"commendable in purpose but not in
operation."
Tho recovery progrnm Is a direct
violation of tho law. of supply and
.demand, ho snld.
"We're facing tho most stupendous
deficit In history and that's only a
beginning," Soator Fens charged.
Wheat Today
Tile price of Imul uhrnl stood
ut nhoiil oriitH hulk today, no
conlliiR lo iiio(u(liiH ul the Pfu
nerr flouring .Mills, Port laud
caH 70 cents.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 Corn took the
leadership in tho grain market today,
and averaged higher In price, with
pcrslntcnt buying of small lots a fea
ture. PronouihTed tendencies to hold
rural marketing of corn back with
the amUtanre of government loans
attracted much attention. Practically
no corn was offered today to arrlvo
In Chicago. A little export business
In corn was understood to have been
effected at the seaboard.
Corn closed strong, f l'c above
yesterday's finish, wheat o off to
c up, oats C'Vl'ac advanced, and
provisions unchanged to a rise of 7c.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
FIMIMNO WOMKN TO VOTE
''
IDAHO WARIIEX 18 OUSTED
PASTOR'S CHILDREN MENACED
IIKWES LOSES AUTHORITY
- MANILA, P. I., Deo. 7 VP) Gover
nor Ociwral Frank Murpliy teduy
oereinoiilouHly Digued the woinen'a
mifrrage bill which he urged the
Philippine toglalnture to adopt. The
law. effective January 1, ,1035 'will
make Filipino women the first of
their Hex to enjoy the ballot in the
fur east. ,
BOISB. Idaho, Deo. 7 W) After a
stormy session, .the etato prlBon board
on a divided vote today ousted George
Rudd ob warden of the Idaho (peni
tentiary becauso or alleged excessive
lonlency to prisoners, Including Mrs.
Lyda Southard, serving a 10 year to
life sontence for poisoning her fourth
husband.
OAKLAND. Cnl Deo. 7 OT The
home of Rev. Leslie C. Kelley, former
California athletic commissioner, was
under special police protection hero
today after he reported anonymous
threats agulnst his two children.
WASHINGTON. Deo. 1 VP) Act
lng Secretary Margenthau said today
at a press conference that iboth tho
Internal revenuo buroau and tho se
cret service have been taken from
tho authority of Assistant eecrctary
Thomas Howes, but declined to com
ment on treasury rumori of Howes'
resignation. . ,
FKKSNO; Col., Dec TOT John
and IauIs Photos, brothers, were shot
anil killed on a Fresno street early
today and the police arrested Robert
Rush, 45.- '
THREE MEN SLAIN
IN BATTLE WITH
U. S. PATROLMEN
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 7 (fl) Three
men wero killed and another was
wounded In a battle between U. 8.
border patrolmen and liquor smug
glers hero early today. .
The dead:
Dome O. Melton, 31, U. B. border
patrolman, shot through the hoart.
FrnnciBco Gonealoz, 25, Juarez. ,
Hlglnlo Perez, Juarez.
Tho wounded man, Francisco Mos
quero Is In a serious condition In
Liberty hospital, Juarez.
American officers seized 160 gal
lons of mixed liquors.
Melton cacno hero in January from
Conyers, Georgia His body will be
sent to Conyers for burial.
Patrolmen said moro smugglers
may havo been killed. Thoy saw two
men fall In tho rlvor during the
battle and are looking for the bodies.
Thoy may havo been the men who
aro dead at Liberty hospital, Juarez.
The battle started when Melton and
five other Inspectors challenged 16
men who had waded tho river with
160 gallons of liquor.
LYNCH LAW NOT
FAVORED BY F.R.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 m Presi
dent Roosevelt Is convinced tho na
tion will not tolerate lynch law.
Bpcaklng to the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ In America last
nLght, he mado plain his belief that
America seeks a government of Its
own "that will bo sufficiently strong
to protect tho prisoner and at tho
same tlino to crystal Izo a public opin
ion so clear that government of nil
kinds will be compelled to praotlco a
more certain Justice."
Tho younger generation, tho'prcnl
dent added, "is not content with
preachings against that vllo form of
collective murder dynch law."
In a rebuko, softened only by his
failure to mention names, Mr. Roose
velt condemned "thoso In high places
or In low who condono lynch law."
INVESTIGATION AT
U. OF 0. COMPLETED
EUOENE, Deo. 7 WT Tho investiga
tion Into tho University of Oregon
situation conducted by a special com
mittee of tho Association of American
of University Professors was finished
late yesterday and a "preliminary re
port" which the committee said It
hoped would sorve as a basis for
a settlement Is understod to have
been prepared.
No details of tho report would be
made public, at least for the present,
members of tho committee said, Tha
60 HOURS TO
FINISH WORK!
ON BIG BILLS
Kiddle ta Insist on Report,
on liquor Bill Be-i
fore Tomorrow. '
ACTION ON SALES -TAX
PLAN NEARS
Proposal -Expected to
Reach Floor Friday
Senate Defeats Grange
Power BilL
8ALKM, Deo. 7 W) The whole
uspect of liquor control iefflsla-'
tlon lir the special session 'was
altered this afternoon when. Sen-''
utor Allan Bynon, member of
the senate committee of alcoholic
affairs, was advised verbally of
on opinion by Attorney General
Van Winkle that the home rule'
nmemlment to the state conatli''
tutlon Is revived by repeal of the
prohibition amendment,. and that
' the Knox bill embodying a plan' '
of exclusive state liquor Stores' 1
was unconstitutional. . 1
SAl.KlSf, Dec. i(H Some school
relief backers are Inspired more by a
dcslra to pass a sales tax than to
help schools, Ben T. Osborne, head
of tho state federation of labor, stat
ed today In answer to Governor Me
ier's pica for a privilege , tax for
sohepl relief. ,' -.- . '
SALEM, Deo. 7 VP), Committees .
of the house and senate' of the, Ore- '
Hon legislature which had before :
then,, tho important liquor control -and
,tax iiiensurcs, were sent Into
meeting during .the' sessions of the
assembly today to complete reports '
for action before recess tonight. .
With 60' hours remaining of the
special session, and not one of the
major matters for which tho extraor
dinary assembly was called yet pass
ed, Speaker Earl sneU and President '
Fred. E. Kiddle demanded the groups
get definite action In an effort to
eliminate a Jam Saturday night. Kid
dle sold If the report is -not ready
today, he would coll a night session
and insist on tho report.. : ..
At tho opening- of the houso ses
sion. Snoll requested the - taxation
. (Continued on Page Two)
Bus, Truck Bill !
Passed by House
By Big Majority
SALEM, Dec. 7 (P) Tho bus and
truck bill Introduced by the Joint
highway committee passed the houae
latj yesterday with only flvo dis
senting votes. ; It will now go to tha
senate. '
Apparently weary of arguing tho
contentious measure, no members ob
jected when dobato was cut short.
Tha sentiment appeared to favor
sending tho measure to the senato
for any further amendments.
Tho attorney general held the em
ergency clauso of the hill valid, de
clared Representative Wlnslow, chair
man of the houso highway com mi t-
(Ccntlnued on Page Two) -
Lindberghs Silent
As To Their Plans
NATAL, Brazil., Dec. 7 P) -S Natal,
accustomed as it Is to feting filers,
admittedly had a problem on - Its
hands today in the matter of honor
ing or trying to honor Colonel and,
Mrs. Charlos A. Lindbergh.
Tho smiling taciturnity wJth whlcli
tho Americans responded (to' cheera
from throngs that hailed them on
their arrival yesterday from Bathurst,
Gambia, Africa, continued to mask
their plans aittt movements. . . '
committee consisted of Dr. George
P. Adams, Dr. F. M. PnUlctord and
Dr. Charles V. Taylor. i
It Is understood that their com
plete report will be filed in Wash
ington, D. C, and It may not be made
public. Members of the committee
said that In tho past report of tho
A. A. .U. P. Investigators has served,
to settle difficulties arising In unt
itles and oolleges. On the basis of
this statement, it was thought that
tho present report may go far toward
Ironing out difficulties In Oregon,,: