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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1933)
New Gales Strike Coast; Northwest Floods Feared La Grande la The Gateway to Waflowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspalper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties 1 VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING KEWSPAI'EH LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER!, 1933 ME1MHKR ASSOCIATED PRESS WIT1DM N EO AD Tim NUMBER 90 .; .' CITY MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR YULETIDE Churches, Organizations and Individuals Com pleting Plans. TWO-DAY HOLIDAY TO BE HAPPY ONE More Cheer in La Grande and County This Christ mas Time Than For Last Few Years. , Thrca shopping .nlghta ural two hopping days left before Christmas and La Grande Is completing Us preparations for the most generous Vulctlde here for two or three years. Merchants report a good volume of business; now money coming Into La Grande from Uncle Sam's treasury has helped a great deal. Private puree strings have been stretched a little farther than usual, with the return ing of confidence In the future. There Is less relief to 'be done this . winter, because . of efficient work . here of the county relief committee, and the opening of hundreds of c. W. A. Jobs. Extra men have been put to work in the business section to handle .tho Increased shopping demands of tho public And tho unseasonably warm weath (Contlnued on Page Eighty Tigers Tackle King's Squad At Imbler Tonight About 20TIger ibasketoball players, accompanied by Coach Ira Woodle and a number of students who ex pected to cheer the boys on from the sidelines, were to leave this eve ning for Imbler. At B o'clock to night the Imbler and La Grande teams were to meet In the Imbler gymnasium. A ibattle royal seemed in prospect. Imbler's floor Is a bit less than regu lation size, and may prove a dlsad- Continued on Page Three) Then the Three Wise Men opened up the treasures which they had borne with them out of the caul and presented unto Him their gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh and departed. SHOPPING DAYS unfifl CHEI9TMA9 wrm NEW CAR LICENSES MAKE APPEARANCE Bright new aluminum colored li cense tags have made their appear ance In La Grande this week, replac ing the 1933 license plates on auto mobiles. The new plates, made of the same material as the older ones tout with a d iff rent color, will be good for a year and cost $5. For residents of Eastern Oregon, there are only two ways to get li cense plates. One Is' to send a letter. Inclosing $5 and license certificate to Secretary Hal E. Hons, and the other Is to apply at the sheriff's office where a similar procedure will toe gone through except that for n 25 cent additional fee. a temporary li WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Dec. 20 -- That Mussolini Is a "darb." Yester- Tay he interviewed 92 mothers with a gross total of 1288 children, which divides out to about 14 head per each. While our great slogan for the per petuation of civilization was "a car In every garage," Mussolini's was "a baby In every arm and more If you can carry 'em." He knowB no nation ever became great on garages. You can't win a war in a Ford sedan or repeal an Invasion In a Chevrolet coupe. N These other dictators think they aVe doing some "dictating" when they announce a budget quota, but when you start laying out a maternity quota for the women then you are really in the dictating business. That makpg thw other dictators look like amateurs. Yours, ?6U to? 250 VIEW PLAY LAST NIGHT AT I. O.O.F. TEMPLE More1 than 2S0 gathered at the Odd Fellows hall last night to witness the presentation of the English comedy, "Freezing a Mother-in-law" which was presented by an excellent cast, directed' toy R. J. Kitchen. Highly amusing situations were well handled. Dancing followed the play with music furnished by the High school orchestra. Lunch was served by the Hebekahs. Members of tho cast In tho play were: ? Mr. Watmuff, a harrassed husband, Frank Suydom; Mrs. Watmuff, his wife, Mrs. Minnie Bragg; , Ferdinand, tho nephew, Ed Bork; Emily Wat muff, the daughtet.JDaphne Btwory; Walter Lltherland, who is; In iove with Emily, Melvln Bork. L H. S. ATHLETES RECEIVE LETTERS Letter awards were made to 22 members of the first string football team, seven of the second team and the manager this morning at a La Grande High school student body meeting. Colon R. Ebcrhard, chair man of the school board, was the principal speaker, comparing the present athletic program with that followed In the past. Ira Woor'ie, athletic coach, pre sented first team letters to Jack Alvey. Victor Bean, Max Bean, Tom Blackman. Bill Cantrell, Earl DoBoie, Ralph DeBole, Ralph Floberg, Fred Gehrlng, Jim Halley, Carl Hansen, Norman Hogenscn, Sheldon Hyde, Hughey Irwin, Earl iJohnson, Orlln Csborn, Earl Peterson, Marion Reyn olds. Charles Rothwoll, Homer Snider, Don Stitt, Cecil Walden, Kenneth Webb, Robert Webb and Charles. Young. Second team awards were present ed to Morris Alexander, Burnettc Chausse, Robert Koyle, John Rogers, Sidney Thompson, Herbert Voruz, Howard Zlnk. (Continued on Page Four) CITY DADS HOLD SHORT SESSION Mostly routine business was hand led at last night's city commission meeting, which was not of the lengthy variety. Olty Manager Angus McAllister's re port showed $5,500" in improvement bontds retired during the week, and cash on hand to be $17,159.86. di vided as follows: La Grande .bonk $13,058.58, Portland bank $229.22, cash $649.70, remainder in warrants. cense may be Issued so that the ap plicant for license may drive his car until the state plates arrive. From Salem today comes word that sal of 1934 license plates has been heavier than during the correspond ing period laat June when half-year plates were sold. Secretary of State Horn announced that 26.488 sets of plates have been sold, eight thousand more than on the corresponding date In June. After midnight Dec. 31. it will be illegal to operate an automobile on the highways In Oregon without cither a new 1D34 set of license plates affixed to the machine, or ekw a tem porary licence on the windshield. FIGHTS DIVORCE vm. IF ' v i " Here to dure ml the divorce action ,-brought ly her husband, Hdwnrrt IV W. Junies, brother of the so 'wiwfty iiniiH.limut -'Mm, Miifdinll' ' Field, aril. Tilly LohcIi, Interna tionally known Viennese rtuncer, i.s pictured on her arrival In New ork from Kngland, She de clined to comment on rumors she might wed Triiiee Serge Obo lensky. NIGHT WARMEST SINCE OCT. 30 Instca'd of growing colder as De cember progresses tho weather here has been warming up. Old timers say It is one of the moat unusual periods of winter time here they have seen in many years. And at the flro department, the official weather records reveal that the mini mum last night of 45 above was the warmest since Oct. 30, nearly two months agol Wednesday's maximum was 50 above, and at 7 o'clock this (Continued on Page Two) ANOTHER REFORESTATION ARMY TAKES THE FIELD C B. MILLER TO MANAGE C. W.A. HERE Will Serve as County Executive Begins His Duties Today. APPOINTMENT IS r MADE BY GOUDY Announcement Also Made That 42 Men Will Go to Work on Glass Hill Job Friday. Charles B. Miller, or La Grande, and one of the lending architect In the eastern half of the state, was today appointed manager of the Union county civil works. The appointment was made In a wire received this morning from E. K. Gomly, C. W. A. administrator In Oregon. Mr. Miller, who Is well qualified for the managerial work, began his duties today; His most immediate task will bo to inspect all projects, co-ordinate work, and systematize them so that a maximum of results will be received. - Headquarters for Mr. Miller will be In the county court house. He will work under the county C. W. A. board. headed by J. H. Peare, and will as sumo a Ijgrgo amount of work that heretofore 'has been saddled onto the board In addition to Its regular duties. Announcement also was made to day that with tools purchased, 42 men will go to work tomorrow morn ing on the Glass Hill roart projeet, Cliff McGinnis And State Police Are Even Again Tho state police are even with Cliff McGinnis, of Wallowa county, now, You remember Cliff tho Grande Rondo farmer who captured two dea- perato bank robbers unassisted, .re covered their loot, and turned 'em over to tlie authorities. Well, several days after his heroic act, his dog, which Cliff set much store by, disappeared. Cliff started a search, going from neighbor to neighbor, but without success. Finally he went to the forest sta tion and obtained a list of all per sons who had entered the forest area near his place about the time the dog turned up missing. Then ho sent the list to Sergeant Dick Robertson. of the state police. It was a lengthy list, including both Oregon and Washington men, (Continued on Pago Two) Defend Drug Act, Tight ovor the new food, drug and coBmotlca act, rafting In Bohnte anb-commltteo hearings, waa climaxed, by a domand tor resignation of Senator Royal S. Copeland, New York, shown at right, as he and IW. G Campbell, food and drug administrator of the Agriculture Department, examine exhibits of condemned, products. Chairman Qapeland, witnesses charged, Is biased and can not give the bill a - . lair hearlnc. AMERICAN CLAIMS HE IS INNOCENT 0F SPY CHARGES PAUIS, Dec. 21 Vn .Kolicrt Swlts, American citizen, said today lie was Innocent of connection with ti kuiik of Alleged International spies, despite the accusation of French police who liuve arrcxted him as a. leader, and WW "Wo victim of an error." ..hadows of Germany's reputedly mister spy system' were seen bypo Uce today behind tho1 operations of a mysterious band of forty spies In whose alleged network two Americans were caught. ' ' '. 1 With ten persons under arrest and tho Investigation broadening outsldo tho borders of Franco, fears wero ex pressed by authorities that highly voluablo documents containing French military secrets alreudy had left 'tho country. Threads of evldenco leading to Ber lin wero declared to have beon in dicated In tho huge mans of confis cated documents studied by tho in vestigating magistrate. Tho discovery of communist docu ments among tho many papers and books seized caused police to beliovo ut first that soviet espionage was In volved chiefly, but as the Investiga tion sped forward today officials conjectured it might have been part of tho plan to allow such documents to bo found. wqth itheso dovelopmontsi police also said they thought Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on Page Four) Under Hot Fire FRESH STORM HITS OREGON SHORETODAY Situation Worse in Wash ington, However;. One Death, in Snoqualmie. l(y the AHKOcluteri Piths An unprecedented t ftueceanlin. ' of ttturniM. each hnrHdiig upon the other, continued to nik Die northern emmt llne today, ltlvors rising iiruIii at un alarming rate drought new floods In WcNtcm Wmliiiifrton, uHhoiiKu In Oregon, dnn kit that the W I Unmet to river might flood the Pacini- highway between Snlein and l'ortlund'wtiH Ions neute after the river retailed n few inrhes during tlie night. Tt was the fifth day of a ficrlcs of wl.-tr Btorms, accompanied by tor rential rains and high gnles, which hove brought losses In hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sou the ant storm warnings were displayed at all Ore gon and Washington coast stations. Yesterday's storm brought 1.33 lnchcr, of rain to Portland, andf then passed Into the interior. Tho city has had 11.18 Inches of rain since Dec. 1, nearly double tho normal quota. Itiver shipping Hailed River shipping between Salem and Portland was halted because too much water is going over the falls (Continued On Page Pour) REPUBLICAN HEADS CONSIDER PLANS WASHINGTON,' Dec. 31 m Re publican Icadera weighed today tho prospect of formulating a legislative program for the coming congress. Indications were however, that they would" watch In tho background for a time, awaiting any manifestation of a break In Democratic harmony 'be fore voicing strident opotdtlon to administration policlcn. The attitude tho party might as sume in congress wait given a thor ough analysis when olx well-known Ropubllcaiis held conferences here, pgden Mills, former secretary of tlie treasury, and Walter B. Ed go, former senator from New Jersey and ambas sador to Prance, talked policy with Senator McNary of Oregon, party lender In tho senate. Wheat Today Tlie price of local cash wheat Mi iid at aliotit 4K& (Mnt bulk ' today, affording to fjuotat Iimis tit thi' I'louiwr Muiirlug tMtllH, Port land cosh Wf CCIKtH, CHICAGO, Dec. 21 m For the fifth day In succession, wheat today reached lower price lovols, May wheat going under BO cents for tho first timo sliwe Oct. 20. Tho trade was somewhat confused over a material change In tho official estimate of the seeded acreage of win ter wheat for the 1034 crop. Liquida tion developed, and with the stop low orders caught the .market dropped temporarily about a cents. Wheat closed unsettled, i f lc under yesterday's finish, com eilc advanred, oats up, nnd pro visions unchanged to 5c lower, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME VACCINE FOB l'AltAI.YNIS I'KOMINTNT MKN AHHEKTKD DECLINES APPOINTMENT . FAMOUS JOCKEV DIES NEW YOIIK, Dec. 81 W) Tlie Wonld-Telegram says an Immunizing vuiwlno luw ucvit developed which Riven fwnret K")iinls to believe that nclenoo Is on tho verRO of conquerkns InruutUo paruljuls. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Doc. 31 VP) Z. D. Bonner, former president of the commercial National bonk here, and John H. Cunningham, prominent lo cal attorney, were arrested itoaay In connection with a W60.000 mall rob bery In Chicago December 6, 1032. ' WASHINGTON. Dec 21 (m lir A. I.uvrence Iu-ell, president emerl- nui or nurvimi university, lins written to IIurIi s. Joluimn decillnlnc ap- IM)l lit llieilf. nil n nnvddAnflnl m.Mih.. of the motion picture liuluntry code LOS ANOELFS. nm. 91 im TWl Sloan, famous Jockey, died here to- uny irora a lingering liver ailment. tJmLn. occurrea ac I4:iu p. m.x ATHENS, Dec. 81 (IP) The Clrcck coveriunont deeldnl today that Sam uel Iiuuill Sr., former Chicago utili ties operator, iniiHt leave Greece, Jan. .HI. The alien department notified Mm tlie goverhnuMit win make no fur ther extension of liuuiU's penult to remain In this country from which tho United Stnti seeks to mtnidlte him. LEGALITY OF NEW LIQUOR CONTROL ACT FACES TEST PORTLAND, pro., Dec. 21 P) Socking an lnjunatlon ngalnst the coixstltutlonallty of tlio Knox liquor bill, providing for tho sale of hard liquor through state-owned, stores only, the city of Klamath Falls will soek-an injunction In Marlon coun ty circuit court Friday on the grounds tnat tho law violates the homo rulo amendments of tho state constitution. Mayor Willis Mahonoy, of Klamath Falls, made the announcement of the suit here last- night. Mahoney ex pressed the opinion that If the cir cuit court Issued tho injunction, tho case will go direct to tho supreme court and the question of the con stitutional tty of tho law will be set tled within a week. He said he would ask other cities to Join with Klamath Falhj in tho test coso. The mayor of tho Southern Oregon city yesterday wired A. L. Le&vltt, (Continued on Page Eight RUSH OF LIQUOR EXHAUSTS QUOTAS WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 W) The administration today disclosed that a rush of foreign liquors Into the United States had brought a major ity of tho Import quotas near ex haustion, and at the same time moved to combat domestically what Attor ney General Cummlngs described as "A rather wholesale plan to violate Internal revenue laws on liquor." The attorney general told newsmen tho entire force of 1,170 prohibition ogcnU will be deputised by tho in ternal rovenuo bureau to provent bootlegging and other 11 legal liquor operations. Joseph H. Choato Jr., alcohol con trol administrator, announced tliat both Franco and Portugal had ex hausted tho liquor import quotas al lotted them, nnd that other foreign quotas were nearlng that point. ' NEW PRICE FOR DYERS, WASHINGTON, DM. 21 W) NRA otficUvlM today wiitchccl for reactions to tho now price Bchetlulo ordered In offoct tomorrow for dyoro and clean er! nil over tho country, hopoful tliat objection or virtually all opposing groupn had boon mot. Inntcnd of drafting a differential' In favor of cnh and carry store, the NflA ordered a horlsontol cut In all of tho nchodulen promulgated a month ago amounting to roughly 20 per cent, with tho provlBlon that cleaners giving high quality service should remain at tho old price levels, dlHplnylng a opeolM Blue Eaglo In signia to Identify them as producers of grade A work. TDlit was tho first time NRA had NEW COURSE IS EXPECTED TOAIDiME Chaiiman Scott, of High way (Commission, An-, . nounces Plans. PLAN TO BORROW AS JIWKED TODAY Road Building Will Not Stop, as. State Will De pend on liegular Fed eral Aid Funds. . MARSHFIKLp, Ore., Deo. 21 All Oregon road project embraced. In tlie proposed federal loan of $25, 000,000 now pending before tlie pub lic works admlutetrutlon will be with, drawn. . This proposed loan has no bearing ' on the Independent loan being ar ranged for financing construction of the five Oregon coast highway bridges. The an noun cement waa made by Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the state highway commission, who last night -conferred by telephone with Governor . Meier, vacationing In San Francisco. The action was in line with re-1 fusal ot the legislature to pass an act guaranteeing highway revenues to repay the loan, and in accord with ' the fixed policy of the commission to incur no additional highway de&c The ; highway , commission yesterday concluded Its visit to coast cities on tha question of arranging for loca tion of approaches for tho rive coast (Continued on Page Eight) ' Seek To J-rove Rich'Spinster -Of Unsound Mirid LOS ANGELES, Deo. 21 VPi Testi mony that tiio loto Mitrgarot ' A. IfetUi, wealthy and. eccentric spin ster, once wanted to pay 285,000('tor the Beverly Hills mansion which, was finally purchased for hor for (110,000 less was givon a Jury In superior ' court! at the trial of contests brougihti by relatives to invalidate her will. , Tho .contestants claim the woman, who ended hor own llfo, was of un sound mind. ' ' Paul M. Woods, brother-in-law of Miss Keith, stated that Miss Keith wrote a check for 2B6,000 after see ing pictures of tlie home. Woods said ho destroyed tho check, and negotiat ed, for the purchaso of tho residence at a prlco of M76.000. In appreciation of his act, Woods stated Miss Keith offered him $30,000, which he refused. Later, he said, she gave iilm a chock and told. him. to buy an expenslvo , automobile. .Ho stated ho got the car and drove It to Miss Keith's home for her to see, whereupon sho drow a revolver and ordered him to get out and leave .the car. Ho sold ho took tlie pistol away from her, throw It on tho floor and ' left, leaving1 tho car in front of tho house. ' - Trial of tho suit will continue to day. - . i.J Canadian Liner Wrecked on Rock SEATTLE. Doe. 21 VPl The crack Canadian. National llnor Prince George was abandoned by her crow shortly after it hod been wrecked on Vodso rock in for Northorn British Colum bia waters and its passengers man--ned tho lifeboats successfully. doing ashore about 11 p. m. last night, frantlo calls for immediate as sistance wore sent out, and within a short tlmo tho vessel's plight becomo serious. Tho ipassengors and part of tho crew wore ordered to the llfo boats. . 1 I':' SCHEDULE CLEANERS stopped into tlio field of quality GM fcrentlutlon and reactions to this ex periment wero particularly sought. Instead of Issuing a complete now schedule of prices for each trade area In tho country, NRA mado publlo a table of reductions In minlmums which showed a 20 cent cut in all prices abovo 06 cents, with a grad ually decreasing reduction from that point. The not effect will bo that where tho price of cleaning a man's suit under tho formor schedule was 06 cento, tlie minimum for low quality, units will be 75 cents. In ploco of 88. cents, the low price will be 70. The 65 and 76 cent prices will bo replaced by minimum of 65 and 05. , mm
