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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