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h it CI Grade ScMol Enrol 2k tottfte La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America J Only Newspaper - Printed in La Grande Covering Union and J Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 KASTEIIN OKEQON'H LEAUINO NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRBSg NUMBER 79 APPROVES SALES TAX MILL ffib Siting USE 2,056 PUPILS IN LA GRANDE CITY SCHOOLS Supt. Herbert Evans Makes Report Today on Registration Figures L, H. S. TOTAL IS SOMEWHAT LOWER With Six Months of Year Still Ahead, Indications Point to a Fairly Good Gam. At the conclusion of tlie first three months of the 1033-34 school year, enrollment In tho city schools stands at 8.050, It was announced today liy Supt. Herbert Evans. This Is only nine less students than enrolled throughout the l!)3'-33 school year, tho final figure for last year being 2,0(5. With approximately six months of school ahead, every indication pointed to a greater attendance when the 1033-34 year is completed than was recorded last year, on the basis of the enrollment so far. Enrollment In the grade schools for the 1933-34 year already has sur passed the total of elementary stu dents last year, when the figure was 1.413. This year's total Is 1,428, a gain of 15 students. In the High school, however, the present total of 628 is 24 students less than the final total for last year, 652. Present attenc'ftuice In the., grade schools is as follows: Central 487, Oreonwood 394, Blvevla 206, Acker man 186, Willow 95. i-V --, V These figures are based on monthly reports as of Nov. 29. EAGLES MAKE PROGRAM FOR RELIEF WORK The Eagles lodge will carry on Its relief work according to the regular program, during the Christmas season it was announced following a regular meeting last night at tho hall. A Christmas tree will ibe enjoyed by the members and their families on Dec 22 at tho hall. ' Plansfor the presentation of the musical comedy, "Tno Koaa to uiory, Dec. 15. were discussed. Supper was served at 6:30 o'c'ock by all members of the lodge who hud birthdays during November.' STOGY And all who heard that which was told by tho shepherds concerning tho child who was born to bo Sa viour of the world wondered at the tidings, but Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. SHOPPING DAYS CHRISTMAS -eg w&m I A JkJ SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR YULETIDE GIFTS It's getting that time of the year when writing letters to Santa Claus Is a popular pastime. Especially among the kiddles, who address the envelope North Pole and ask Dad or Mother or the postman to mall It. However, It appears that as people become more mature, the habit of writing to Santa stops. So. Just to help tho cause along, the Inquiring Reporter was resurrect ed for a day to find out what vari ous men and women up and down the streets wanted for Christmas. But they didn't wan to tell I WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HIliLS, Col., Dec, 7 Guess you all heard Mr. Roosevelt on the radio Wednesday night. These old (big boys can all get up beforo their little audiences and yell for stabilization, amortisation, gold stan dard or platinum finish. Then the president can come to the micro phone with that convincing manner of his and the rest of "em Just ao well wash up their little speeches and eo home. Sav I guess there must be another conference on somewhere, l seo wnere tho United States Is accused of con-i nlvery. by noon, and tho conference only opened at 11 a. m. wnat wau.a. a conference be witnout tne gom,. Yours, i RECEIVE RETURNS FROM SEAL SALE . IN THIS COUNTY r.r.trlfenHnna to the Christmas Seal fund are beginning to come in on nr t.im ennntv and the sale promises to meet with general SUCCeSS, Mrs. JS. A. WLCILUCIUMii, man. announced) this morning. Part of tho receipts are used In the county by the Union county neaun Hon while the remainder Is sent to M nmmn Rtntj TUberCUlOSlS OSSO- ctatlon where It is used to stamp out tuberculosis in Oregon. TitHoiviiiniiiK wns first among all causes of death 25 years ogo and today It has dropped to sovenm,,ai-t.hnitc-h still leadlnjr among ' the younger, age groups, the chairman reveals. Measures iniuaren aim puj nnrt.ri hv nhrlstmfts Seal funds helll- ed to make thl progress, it Is said. Facts about tne disease in ik state are still startling, however, Mrs. McEachran added. Oregon' Is still losing one tuberculosis patient per c"lay. A quarter of a million dollars, tax funds, are being spent annually (Continued on Page Four) COURT ACTSON UNION PETITION Improvement of the two miles of road from Union to Union Junction wnu ikUtah tn n. petition vesterday to the county court, which acted on It in a way to allow lor improvement nnrt ri.na.ira. The petition was signed by many business men and residents of Union. The county court mil pitted its December term late yester day In the office of Judge U. O. Couch. Tlie petition pointed to the need for an all-year-around road to the Junction. A petition from J. A. Nice to create a rodent control district In the coun ty was continued for the term. MERCURY PLUNGE IN '32 RECALLED Mild December temperatures con tinued in La Ornnde during the last 24 hours, with .16 of an inch of rain falling, and traces of snow that melted quickly. The minimum last night was 32 above even freezing weather. A year ago today the mercury plunged to two above and on Dec. 0. 1932, dropped still farther down the tube to eight below. The mini mum remained below zero for seven consecutive days. Beginning Dec. 6 lost year the maximum temperature was not above freezing point for 12 straight days. Yesterday's maximum was 45 above. Tho weather forecast is for cloudy weather with rain possibly tonight or Saturday; little change In tempera ture. quiring Reporter decided to change his role and suggest a few gifts for some of La Grande's leading citizens. Ho hopes they will take kindly to the suggestions and promises to write dear old Santa about it If they do. Let's see. For Victor R. Melville, president of the city commission, a nice, white ponf to ride In the U. P. celebration parado next July. (Between Christ mas and July the pony could be fat tened). For circuit Judge J. ,W. Knowlcs. (Continued on Page Three) CHICKEN COOP 'YJ' f r When nhie-yenr-old Mary Jerome was round sleeping- in a Pennsa li ken, X. J., chicken coop, she said she had mil away from her par ents in Philadelphia because she was "ufmld to go bock home.' Hero she's shown at the Camden County Juvenile Detention Home with a bandaged hand which she charged whs burned to punish ELKS MAKE PLANS ' FOR CHRISTMAS; MEMORIAL HELD Juvenile relief work will comprise the B. P. O. Elks relief program dur ing the Christmas season and plans have been completed for carrying out the work, it was announced last night by the committee, of which Jesse V. Andrews Is chairman, at the meet ing of the lodge at the temple. Tlie Christmas tree, erected annually on the corner of Depot ond Washington, will be put up the week before Christmas and presents will be dis tributed to deserving children on Christmas morning. A dance will be held in the ball room of the temple on Dec. 12, It was announced. Memorial Services Memorial services were held for members of the lodge who have died (Continued From Page Four) The Kind of an fcorve om,yqu! muh " START YOUR 0tcMi HOME LOANS APPROVED IN THIS COUNTY Government Bonds and Cash to Be Exchanged For 26 Mortgages. CITY LIENS AND -TAXES TO BE PAID Total Amount Involved is $33,599.21 Pay-Off to Come With H. E. Wal ter's Arrival., Approval of 20 loans by the Home Owners Loan corporal Ion in t his county' announced today, will bring 933,1189.21 In government money mid home loan bonds to tills section. Twenfy-tilght loans (were .approved for this county, but two have been withdrawn. Mortgages amounting to $26,864.66 will be paid up, with bonds and cosn, ond city assessments amounting to $1,466.66 will be paid. Also, county taxes will be benefited by the sum of $4,348 In cash. In addition to this, appraisals, attorney fees and abstract work will bring an additional ,$900 Into the county. Several of the loans include provi sions for repair of roofs and for painting, and this work will be let to local contractors, who already have bids In for the projects, said C. J. Shorb, district manager with, head quarters here. Actual payment of the home loans will not bo made until H. E. waiter, from state headquarters; in Portland, arrives here In a week or .ten days. All '.'that envbfC Jto.'.'j.aonfl, pend ing his arrival is to complete lega; work on some of the loan projects. (Continued on Page Four) Gassett, Wardell Reach Finals In Oregon Contest Gene Gassett and Bert Wardell, vocalists whose harmonizing has won them much support in La Grande, were the winners of tho La Grande group in the semi-finals tn the Mc Kesson contest yesterday In Portland. Their number was" one of a group of three selected at the Liberty thea tre Tuesday- and sent to Portland with all expenses paid. Being selected from the La Grande group entitles them to go back to Portland In January, with all ex penses paid, and compete with win ners from 40 other theatres In the state. Mr. Gassett and Mr. Warden, ac companied by Macllzabeth Cooper and Freed Bales, tho other two con testants, returned this morning. Eagle" The Country Needs Right Now And Furthermore, He Did It P' in mum fxtjf i ' ' ""', J I""1" 1 '"! " ' -i-A -i V ti.)i"iiiiii-i'i'iti''ii')i-Mw.-iili Mmrim''vmiKX .'I WyWtl I li. W Willi llllliliyillliHJIIIl.il llllllll l iuuiwimiwuuin.tnimiin wlnlrini.n. nnrvffLwvMw i m. w..wt.niiftiww.-..v. ' I'll I don't get more votes than Walter Barowskl, I'll Jump oft the dock," Hesse Knobb declared during the recent Bremerton, Wash., mayoralty campaign. Barowskl won and here's Knabb making good i- . his promise at the Bremerton municipal dock. , 2j500,000 MEN NOW AT WORK ON IC.W. A. PROJECTS . WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 Devel opments today from varied angles of the adminlBtratlon's program Included announcements thatk 2,500,000 men wiiteH employed by the civil works administration, the allotment of 41, 688,209 from the public works fund for projects in 21 states and RFC purchases of bank stock aggregating $22,000,000. Other activities Included an en thusiastic statement on the recovery outlook by Henry Bruere, federal credit "co-ordlnator, as he returned to his post, as president of the Bowery Savings bhnk in New York, purchase by the Surplus Relief corporation to day of 6050 hogs; and a move by Harry L. Hopkins,, civil works admin istrator, to remove OWA county direc tors whoso appointments were "based on political consideration." (Continued on Page Twol ARLO NOYES IS ELECTED BY DEMOLAYS Arlo Noyes will head the activities of the De Molay following his elec tion as master councilor lost night at the Masonic hall. Wallace Kaapcke was chosen senior councilor and Robert Zwcifel, Junior councilor. RUMOR LINDY TO EXPLORE THE AMAZON Colonel and His Wife Fly to i'ara, brazil u rom Natal Today. V KIO IB JANMHO, Dec. 8 VFIVn conrlrnuMl rt'jwrU were recelvwl llere (odny Hint Colonel Charles A. I,lnl uenrli liitenils to fly tomorrow townrd the lieoilwnteni or tlio Amazon, far Into the relatively unexplored Interior of South Amerlrii. It was said the colonel Intends to spend a month in the Jungles hunt ing for tho "lost" white pigmy tribes. No indication was given as to whether tho' purported trip would lncludo Mrs, Lindbergh. It was said, howevev, that the flight Into the Amazonian region would be made from Para, near the 100-mllo witje mouth of tho Amazon. PARA, Brazil, Dec. 8 UP) Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, homewnrd bound for the Christmas holidays, landed here at 1:30 p. m Eastern Standard time, today after a flight from Natal, Brnzll. They had covored 1,604 mlleB from Natal. Moro than 3.000 miles still lies between them! and Miami. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh made the flight from Natal, 1001 miles, In soven hours, 15 minutes. MYSTERY BLAST IN WYOMING CITY TOimiNOTOM, Wyo., Dec. 8 (P- With ono known death and others suspected, senrchers today began exploration or the still-smouldering ruins of Torrlngton's business district, wrecked by a mysterious blast last night. National guardsmen patrolled tho town of 2600 us volunteer organisa tions tugged at the mass of wreckage left by the blast. Virgil Duckworth was dead and 20 (Continued on Pago Thrco) Wheat Today TJie price or local cdkIi whent h((hk1 at about no cents hulk to day, ornmlltifr In qiiotnllon.s at the I'limrcr I'tonrlng Mills. Port land ciiKh iiH mi(H, CHICAGO, Dec. 8. m Stop loss selling In a market with speculative buying down to a 1 mo-it nil led to a maximum fall of moro than 2 cents for wheat today. Doubts regarding tho monetary sit uation were looked ( upon by numer ous traders an the main factor In re fusal of the wheat market to respoml to constructive news. Declines in prices today were In the foe of un official estimates that 5. 000, 000 acres of domestic wheat land woultl afford no winter pasturage, and that tho southwest demand for feed grains would consequently bo 50,000,000 bun ho Is greater than usual. Wheat closed unstable, 1 ar 2c under yesterday's finish, corn at c off. oats fc off, and pro visions 2c to 17c up. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME 9 m . LIQUOIt I'llICE WAlt FLAKES F. R. SIGNS SEVEN CODES FAMOUS JAPANESE DIES FAVORS HUGE P. W. PROGRAM SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 8 VP) A liquor price war broke out here today, featured by signs of at least two targe dealers offering blended whisky at us oeuiK a pint mid gin as low as Htt cents a pint. Table wines wvro offer ed In soma places as flow tut 31) cents a quartf and $1.11) a gallon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 m Presi dent Roosevelt today approved seven new Industrial codes including one for the furniture manufacturing In dustry, bringing tlie total of codes now In force to 10. TOKYO, Deo. 8 (A5) Count Oom bel Ynmamoto, 81, twice premier of Japan and a naval hero of the Russo Japanese wur In which lie served ns an ad ml nil, died tonight. BUFFALO, N. Y., Deo. 8 (P) Sen ator Robent M. LaFollette, "Wisconsin Progressive, has announced his In tention of proposing a ton miuon dollar public works program to con gress. PARIS, Dec, 8 (VP) Reports of a mutiny- aboard the convict ship La Martlnlere, Bteuinlng toward French Gtilana with a cargo , of more than (100 prisoners, wero said today by tlie ministry of Interior to b "greotily exaggerated." SENATE PASSES r BILL TO BORROW I FUND FOR RELIEF SALEM. Ore., Dec. 8 (P) The state Ben a to passed Its first major measure Thursday In approving the hotiBe bill to authorize the Btato of Oregon to borrow up to $3,000,000 from tho federol government lor un employed relief, the loan to be se cured by anticipated liquor revenue. The bill now goes to the governor. The league of Oregon, cities lost night unanimously voted support of the gcnoral sales tax for school relief. The vote included moro than 30 rep resentatives of cities. Tlie consensus was this sfUeB tax is not like the one voted down at the last election. Some of the speakers expressed be lief that action of some of the grange leaders in opposing any kind of- a sales tax was not backed up by the actual members. The league of Ore gon cities declared It would support and boost the school relief sales tax , (Continued on Pago Biz) JOHNSON DEFENDS AMERICAN DOLLAR NEW YORK, Doc. 8 (ff) Tlie "Roosevelt dollar," in tho wotxls of General Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA clUef. Is "tho soundest money on tho face of tho globe," General Johnson told members of the National Manufacturers associa tion last night that tho president Is "on sound, ground." Only oi few hours earlier the association members had applauded a plea for "rugged indi vidualism" as opposed, to "ragged col leotivelsm." ; He scoffed at the criticism that tho government had, boon "dictatorial" In tho framing of codes. "Every cotlo came by agreement," he said. "Hie agreements came through a. long and painful process, but they came by common consent and hot toy any federal dictum." He urged tho manufacturera to "do ycui- own thinking," and suld that criticism from political groups op posed to President' Itoosovelt Is natural. NEGRO SLAIN; THEN MAD MOB TAKES HIM KOUNTZE. Tex., Dec. 8 W David Orogory, a negro cx-convlct accused of criminally attacking and slaying a white woman, was shot to death when ha allegedly resisted arrest by a posse and his bcly Inter mutilated and burned oy a mob which dragged it to a pyre In the negro section, of Kountzo oarly today. Officers and Incensed citizens had been searching for the negro, since Mrs. Mclllfl Williams Brockman, 30, wifo of a farmer, was found dead on a highway near hero last Saturday Lost night a posse trailed the negro to his hiding place In tho belfry of a VOTE 39-21;: ECKLEY.ALLEN OPPOSE BILL Measure . Passes Despite Crushing Sales Tax ; Defeat Last July. ' SENATE WILL ACT NEXT ON PROPOSAL Upper House Busy Today With Liquor Control Problem Com mittee Makes Report. . ' SALEM, Deo. 8 VP) The new sales tax proposal, one and one halt ' per cent on sales or tangible per- . (tonal property and on grow earning of utilities, passed Its first handle, to day when the house of the Oregon legislature approved It by a 39 to St vote. The revenue front tlie tax would be used exuluslvelyor publlo schools. The measure, which now) goos to the senate, was argued all morning and, the vote taken during tho noon, hour. A sales tax plan, wna defeated by the people last July nearly five to one. i - - T3ie roll call, with every member present, showed the tally as follows: For ithe bill Eelton, Best, Brock way, Chllds, Chrlsmon, Clarke, Dam- masoh, Duerst, Gordon. Oouley, Gra ham, Hall, Herman, Herron, Hill, Hor an, Huntington, Judd, Keasey, Ijon ergan McAlear, .McOloskey,- MoCor nach, McPhllllps, ' Miller, Nichols, Oakes, Paget, Price, Scott, fiemon, Snider. Stookdale, Taylor, ; Turner, Walker, Weathorford, Wells and Wln- 'Against the' bill Abroms, Allen, Beckman, Bennett, : Oooter, Del oh, Eckley,- Hilton, Johnson, Lang, Lewis. Lynch, Martin, Oleen, Paul us, Ryan, Snedecor, Staples, Wyera and Speaker Snell. . The sales tax bill, as passed by the . house, calls for a one and half per cent tax on retail sales of (tangible personal property, modeled closely at- . ter the California law. The bill also Includes the same tax upon gross ( earnings of utilities. There would be no tax on personnl or professional service or wages. The tax would bo passed on to the ultimate consumer, and was oxpeotod to raise $3,000,000 (Continued on Page Sir) Recommend Tax Of $2.60 Gallon On Hard Liquor WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 W) The president's special Interdepartmental alcohol committee has recommended that congress impose' a tax 'of t2.60 a gallon on distilled spirits as com pared with the present si.10 tax. ; The committee also recommended that all beers bo taxed $0 a barrel, . the same as tho present 3.2 brew. The present tax on beers of alco holic content In excess - of 3.2 Is 16 a barrel. The commltteo recommended a 16 cents per gallon tax on still wines (Continued on Page Six) Father Admits He Killed Small Son LITTLETON, Colo.. Deo. 8 W) Sheriff B. E. Monzlngo of Arapahoe county, announced early today that Donald K. Smith had admitted re sponsibility for the death of his three year old son. , Deputy District Attorney A. T. Monson moved at once to prepare muttler charges against Smith. Monzlngo and Monson declared the wire, Mrs. Mabel Jotters Smith, told thorn the boy was beaten and kicked by his father in a fit of rage after tho child had asked him lor candy. negro church at Vath, a town be. tween Kountze and Beaumont, where he was ahot aiSct wounded when offl cere said ho drew a pistol, and re sisted arrest. The wounded negro, unconscious, was token to a hospital at Beaumont but when officers received informa tion a tiKb was forming at Koutze and starting toward Beaumont, they took the negro away In an automo bile, trying to protect him. , , ' Without regaining consciousness or being ablo to make any otatement as (Continued on Pag Four o, to keep tne ban roiling, me in
