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VOLUME 32 EASTtltN OKEUON'8 LEADINQ NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 89 tWMS HEM) AS SPY SUSPECTS AME 1933 ONE OF "WETTEST" IN LAST DECADE Rainfall in La Grande Al ready 1.38 Inches in Excess ,of Normal. CITY MIDWAY IN A "RAINY CYCLE" Follows "Dry Cycle" of . 1928 to 1931, which Had . Deficiency of 8.15 In- ches. The year M3S will go down In Iji Grande us a "wet" year, from a wcutlicr standpoint. With several duys or December reinnllltiiKt (lie excess rainfall for the year already amounts to 1.38 liiehco. KcKiirilliss or mill from now to Jan. 1, this year ranks as the fourth wettest 12-monlli period In the !uist deeude. An Observer reporter, checking the official rainfall ton La Grande since Dec. 31, 1923, "find's that only 1925, 1927 and 1932 had. more rainfall. And less than an Inch of precipitation Is required to move 1933 up a notch to third place, as 1925 had only 21.07 Inches of rain. Here aro the figures for the last 10 years, compared with normal of 19.45 (Continued on Pafte Two) L.F. Allen Among Those Mentioned For Speakershi!) Although the next session of legis lature will not convent) until Janu ary, 1935, ssveral house members al ready are throwing their hate into the ring for the speakership. This week saw C'narles Chllds, of Albany, openly launching a campaign for the .position. Others In the fore ground for this office Include L, F. Allen, of Wallowa; Borneo Gouley. of Marion; Earl Hill, of Lane; George Winslow, of Tillamook; Harvey Wells, of Multnomah; T. J. Wyers, of Hood River; Dean H. Walker, of Polk, and Estes Snedeoor and Lowell C, Paget, of Multnomah. Earl Snell, of Wasco county. Is the present speaker. And when the Three Wise Men were come Into the place where the Christ Child lay, they gave greetings to Mary, his mother; and straightway fell upon their knees and worshiped Him that was to lie the Saviour. 3 SHOPPING CHI3I9TMAS POINTS TO DANGERS OF CHRISTMAS FIRES Fire Chief C. T. Lindsay today, along with other fire chiefs through out the state, it-sued a public warn ing against carelessness during Christ mas time that might result In disas trous or tragic fires. He had Just received news from State Fire Marshal A. H. Averlll. dis closing that many enjoyable Christ mas holidays In the past have been turned from occasions of fullest en joyment to periods of grief and Mid ncss due to the loss by fire of some loved, one or the accumulation of the effort of a lifetime, all because of thoughtlessness or carelessness. The customary Christmas tree with Its usual decorations, as well as many sJVlLL OGERS 'jays: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Dec. 19 Just had a long talk with a mighty well-informed man, Mr. Hutchinson, Pox Film company's man In London. Said the English Just stock up on our securities during all these low prices. There Is a real weather vane. There Is nothing with -ills feet on the ground' (and as much of "em) as an old conservative Englishman. He sees further than our rich men, Tluits why they aro coming out of their mcjs ahead of us. Another thing, too, the fellow sitting off looking at you can tell better how you are doing and what your prospects are than you can yourself. Hutchinson says England looks on us as a toad boy who has been out on a toot, but will sober up, change some of his ways and toe a better boy for it. Yours, . ' m iMt .Wl' rW. toe. SANTA CLAUS TO GIVE CANDY, NUTS TO KIDDIES HERE Christmas will be a big day for the kiddles who attend the Elks Christmas tree preceded by a show at the Liberty theatre, Jesse V. An drews, chairman of the committee, said today. The Christmas tree stands at the intersection of Depot and Washington. The children will gather around the tree at 11:15 Christmas morning and Santa Claus will distribute nuts and candy. The show at the Liberty will begin at 9 :30 o'clock and a program of two-reel coinages and cartoons has been arranged for by C, M.rWlght, manager. The movie program will be about one and one-half hours long. The Elks have pursued a different plan of holiday relief this year than In former years, confining their activ ities entire to Juvenile relief through tho schools with the co-operation of the teachers. Tho teachers In each of tho schools have made lists of or tlcles 'of clothing needed by children in their rooms, tho lists have been submitted to the Elks for approval. The purchases aro then made by the teachers. Mr. Andrews has been assisted on (Continued On Page Pour) BUYS INTEREST IN MEAT STORE A. E. Maser, formerly of Los An geles, has purchased a half interest in tho retail meat department of the aronde Rondo Meat company from P. A. Epllng, ond will be associated In the business personally. Mr. Maser spent 11 years In Los Ahgeles before going to Walla Walla, Wash., about six months ago. KfrR Mny?r will loin him on Satur day and they will make their home In La Grande. PIERCES ARRIVE IN NEW YORK CITY Representative and Mrs. Walter M. Pierce arrived in New York Dec. 16 after an eventful Journey by boat through the canal, according to a let ter received from them by Mrs. H. H. Cleaver. They plan to visit in New York, New Englandi and with Mrs. Pierce's sister in Virginia until next week when they will go to Washing ton, D. C. to get settled before the opening of congress. Mrs. Pierco writes that they were in an automobile accident In Los Angeles but that they have both re covered. Mr. Pierce, ofter the rest of the ocean voyage Is felling better than he has for years, the letter said. of the present day toya and the wrap pings, are highly Inflammable and add potential fire hazards wherever placed, ond particularly so in the homes. With the use of electric lights instead of candles, and fire re sistive materials instead of the high ly combustibles, such as cotton for snow effecto. these speedy fires have been greatly reduced, but the hazards are only awaiting the application of excessive heat or flame and in a flash a moot enjoyable occasion has been turned into disaster. t Common sense and caution prompt ed by a realization of the dangers present will prevent those extremely dangerous fires, the chief said. Moorish Mode iUiu. - attention, gentlemen, is dt roctod to the accessories. Her siish inny look iiko somebody's necKtie, hut when you put it to gether with hat, bag and sandals to match, you've got what they call tho Moorish mode. And Greta Granstedt, tbe Swedish Sim star, is here disporting the new style a'. Coral Gables, Fin. MERCURY AT 52 HERE ON TUESDAY La Grande's mild weather of Tues day was the brightest spot on Ore gon's weather map, it -was learned to day. While La Grande and Union county were enjoying a day that saw the mercury move up to 52 above in spite of clouds, storms swept most of the rest of the state. Another mild day was enjoyed to day, with the minimum lost nlgh at 41 above. The weather forecast in dicated local rains tonight and Thursday with little change in tem perature. NOW COUNTY MAY HAVE THREE "WEF STORES Rumors Say Liquor Sales Will be Made in. La . Grande, Elgin, Union." NOTHING DEFINITE ANNOUNCED YET Locally, it is Doubted if State Liquor Control is Operative Before Janu ary. Although it so far hits created prac tically no stir anions La Urundeni, tho sale of liquor In this city remains under n cloud of uncertainty and will remain there. It is said, until the Oregon liquor control net becomes oHrntlve. . . . When state stores for hard liquor, and Btate permits for 'sale of beer and wine up to 14 per cent are in effect, all clty'oPdilnances automatic ally will be repealed, City Manager Angus McAllister said today. Until then, the city does not expect to take any definite action. ' In the meantime, beer still Is being sold under city licenses, drug" stores are handling prescription liquor for medicinal purposes, but otherwise there is little activity. , The state liquor board expects to set up stores as soon as possible, with reports indicating that not more than 80 will be established at first. ', Humor has It that La Grande, Un ion, Elgin, Wallowa, Enterprise, Baker, Ouutno, rtoncHetMnl-Iilton and-a few other far Eastern Oregon points will get liquor stores, but no definite an nouncements have been made. In the meantime, there is a great deal of activity on tho part of men who are seeking positions in theso stores, and state headquarters are be ing besieged with applications for (Continued on Paste Foury Rotarians Enjoy Christmas Meal, Program Today Rotarians enjoyed a Christmas pro gram and turkey dinner today at noon at their weekly luncheon tit the La Grande hotel. Each member was, accompanied by a boy. his guest for the day, and the youngsters made talks, sang, etc. A group of Greenwood school child ren under the supervision of Miss Bethmyrl Miller sang Christmas carols. After the dinner and program Santa Claus appeared and each child pres ent was presented with a gift. THAT STARTS AGAIN Royal Highnesses of Cornfields t.. ..i' , . lr -, r T - tM, .;Ho defied tradition, so C. Worth Holmes, Joy, ill.. Is world corn king, y Holmes, Bhown above with his wife, his trophy, and his prize sample, won tho title with sinooth kernoled ears for the first time In '.lie his tory ot the corn division of the International Livestock Show In Chi . cago. Previous corn kings had displayed only rough kernel types. FALL WHEAT FOR 1934 IS 96 PCI OF '33 ACREAGE i i WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 VP) Winter wheat' sown this fall was reported today by the department of agricul ture!, to total 41,003.000 acres of 66.0 percent-of the acreage sown In the fall of 1032. The condition of tho crop on De cember 1 was 74.3 per cent of a nor mal, compared with 08.0 per cent a year ago, and 70.4 per cent two years ago. The area sown in tho fall of 1032 wns 42.002.0OO acres and In the fall of 1031 wns 42,348.000 acres. The'i area harvested this year to taled 28,420,000 acres and the pro-, deletion wns 351,030,090 bushels, while In 1032 tho area harvested was 35,- (Contlnuod on Page Pour) Buttercups In Bud in Catherine Creek District When they went to Catherine creek for a Christmas tree, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Nelson returned with tho tree and also a clump of but tercups which were In bud. The plants were set out and kept on the window sill onJi now they have burst Into full bloom. ' CONGRESS TO CONVENE ON JANUARY 3 Democratic. Leaders In. ; ' formed of President's Wisjies: For - Speed. " " WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (!) l'rcst dent KooHcvelt hnil Democratic chief. tains on notice today that tile ad ministration Is anxious for Congrats to imss tho projected liquor tax hiJl dining tho first week of the session opening January 3. Tho leaders wpro informed of tho administration's hopes for quick no. tlon at a White House conference at. tended by Representatives Dough ton (D., N. 0.), chairman of tho house ways and means committee, and Sen ator Harrison (D., Miss.), chairman of tho senate finance committee. Doughton told newspapermen ho would call an executive session of hla committee Friday with the view to drafting tho measure. Meanwhile, the president W pro ceeding with plans for his first reg ular annual message to tho congress, bound to Include a report of his stewardship, under the recovery legls latlon enacted last spring and some of his recommendations for tho months to come. Tho president's "annual" message, as distinguished from hla message transmitting the budget, will bo ad dressed to the legislators cither tho first day they meet, two weeks from (Continued on Page Four) INDIANA STATE POLICEMAN SLAIN PARIS 111. Dooj 20 (P) Eugene Tongue, Indiana state policeman died in the hospital hero today from a bullet wound received, in tno capture of Edward 8houso, escaped convlot from tho Michigon City, Ind., prison. The place where Shouso wns cap. turcd Is about fifteen miles from 'Terre Haute, where Shpuso was con victed and sentenced. Two women companions also were The women Identified themselves ns Kuth Spencer. 24, or San Diego, Cal., and Mm. Prances Brchman, 28, of Pt. Wayne. Ind. They wore cut by flying glass ns tho bullets rained through tho automobile windows. Wheat Today The price of local cash .wheot stood at about 4!) cents hulk to day, according to (imitations at the I'lnnerr flouring Mills. Port land cash 01! cents. CHICAGO. Dec. 20 W) Following sharp breaks in securities and In British exchange., liquidation develop ed in the grain markets late toda with wheat tumbling more than tnreo centfl. Wheat fell to tho lowest level since Oct. 21. Many stop loss orders were forced Into execution, and rallies wore not Impressive. Wheat closed unsteady 2 at 3c under yesterday's finish, corn 1 er 2o down, oats ly, le off, and provisions unchanged to 7c octback. JUST BEFORE PRESSTME PEAKS HUSBit.NI) KIDNAPED . A I ItS BOOKKEEPING PROCESS . LUMHEK Pit ICES UNCHANGED KINDS NAZIS RESPONSIBLE ' NEW YORK, Dec 20 m Jesse L. Uvermore, whose 'large scale specu lation In tttockH nuute Kim known as "The Hoy Plunger," wo report! mbvslnc by IUh wlfu today. She told police lie had( left their Purk avenue upurtmeiit yesterday ufternoou after returning homo from buslnww and that Khe had not heard from him since. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 VP) Rob ert O. Lord, former head of the Guar dian Detroit Union Group, Ino.,. tes tified today before senate Investiga tors that a bookkeeping process was followed so that banks in that, sys tem could show "nd bills payable" In their public reports when It was not true. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20 (iP) Pres ent minimum; price Heliedules for the lumber Industry throughout the jia tJon, allowing no margin for com petitive price slushing, wilt remain virtually unchanged for . the first three months of 11)34, It was said to day by memhers of the control com mittee of the national NBA lumber code, LONDON, Dec. 20 W The "legal commission of Inquiry Into the burn ing of the relohstog," an unofficial orgam&itlon of investigators, reported today It had concluded that tlio Nazis themselves, or through others, burn ed the relchstag building In Berlin last February. . 1 . ; SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 20 UP) Vic tory at tHe California polls for tlio Centra) ViWley witter project, Involv ing m bond iRstie of I70,OIM,000 wns Indicated todaywlth returns from all but about 700 precincts out of the 11,0ft!) In yesterday's, referendum show-1 lng42t.'lftft favorable and 400,244 un favorable votes. . STORM CONTINUES TO BRING DAMAGE TO COAST STATES ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 20 W) An other southerly gale struck this dis trict early today, the wind reaching a velocity of almost (JO miles an hour at the mouth of the Columbia river, and piling up very heavy seas, SEATTLE, Dec. 20 m 8totm wrought doniago mounted today at points as widely separated as West em Oregon, British Columbia and Eastern Washington on tho fourth day of a series of winter storms which have battered the Pacific northwest. The loss of lifo was set at three. With communication restored to (Continued on Page Two) BLANKET CODE IS EXTENDED BY F.R. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 WO Presi dent Roosevelt today announced, a re newal of tho blanket reemployment code for four months after January 1. "In tho midst of winter and with many persons out of work," said the president In a statement, "It Is es sential that tho new year should not bring with It any let down In the recovery program In the trades and Industries which at that Umo have not come under approved codes and to which, tlierefore, only the presi dent's reemployment agreement ap piles." By tho end of .the four montltA ex teriAlon period, Mr. Roosevelt was rep resented ah confluent that perman ent codes applying to the remaining (Continued On Page Pour) PLAGUE OF WATER IN COCHRANE AFTER FIRE SALEM, Dec. 20 W Tho plaguo of high water has followed a pro- vlous plague of flro at tho little lum- bering town of Cochrane, It was learned here. Washed out bridges and railroad tracks forced suspension of loggl" operations, Inylng off 150 men for at least three weeks. Arohle Honflenian, logging superintendent of the C, H. Whoelur Lumber camiany of Coch rane brought word hero of tho strlck on, Isolated town. Houseman said high water washed out a log Jam which had been In tho logging stream three years, The FRENCH NAB BAND OFTEN HEN, WOMEN Robert Switz, East OrangeFaces Espionage Charges in, Paris. , EQUIPMENT TAKEN BY THE OFFICERS Five Prisoners Are Wo menSome Arrested as They Were Preparing to Flee. -i- , PARIS, Dec. 20 VP) An American kuIl'siiiuii and tils wire and a tiatur- llzed Cuiuulfcm couple were under nrretit today charged by the French , police of heading an alleged espion age service reaching Into the French ministry of marine Itneir. 'Ten arreittft In all were made and the police said one other leader, whom they did nut name, escucd. ...... : The American 'Balesman was de ' scribed by, police as Robert Bwltz, 28, born In East Orange, N. J. He wns arrested without a fight and po lice auto they believe him to be tbe chief of a band of. ten persons, In cluding five women, all of whom are . held. : :' Previously, tho police ' announced . they had made 18 arrests but later . they Indicated eight of them . had . been released temporarily; although, they were being kept under surveil lance' " ,. . . ' ' The gendarmes said they found 19.0Q0 ffanca In .Bwltz' roonv -together with a. number of military docu-, ments. . - . . ' - - They said (Sther of the alleged ring were preparing to flee when they were caught In the roundup. A Arrested with Swltz, who was said, to havo been born Oct. 26, 1004, was his wife, described as the former Mar. Jorlo Tllloy, bom Sept. 6, 1011, In Now York. The man whom tho police described as a Canadian merchant, was Ben jamin Bercowltz, bom May 10, 1891, in Jassy, Rumania. Pollco identified him as tho co-ohief of the alleged espionage band and ' sdld they arrested him as ho prepared for flight. Three envelopes containing ai.000 (Continued on Page Two) ' ' ' .. Upward Spurt In Steel Production Reported Today NEW YORK, Dec. 20 W) An Up--ward spurt In steel Ingot production was reported by "Iron Age" today. -Actual operations, It said, have risen from 34.2 per cent at the. begin ning of tho week to 36 per cent "with the likelihood that they will rise still higher." Tho Improvement Ls attri buted to further sharp expansion in specifications against expiring fourth quarter contracts. "The pressure on producers has become so great," stated the review, "that it ls now. doubtful whether they will be able to fill all shipping orders by tho end of the month." 400,000 Germans Face Sterilization BERLIN, Dec. .20 (P) A semi official news agency Indicated today that 400,000 persons, equally divided between the sexes, will be liable for sterilization "'within a short time" under the German sterilization, law effective Jan, 1. It was snld the sterilizations would bo performed by court orders. Nino classes of congenital diseases are specified, the majority of them among the mcntiilly defective, as call ing for operations. Southern Pacific railway line la out of commission. One place railway tracks are sus pended 60 feet In the eir, their dirt foundation undermined by swirling waters. "I havo beeh with the company since 1012 and this ls the worst flood I havo seen In tho section," Hesseman said. ' A year ago last summer the tawn of Cochrane was swept by a forest flro which was unoontrolVvble during the dry, windy season. - Cochrane la In mountainous country ; north of Tillamook and near tho Oregon coast lino. v
