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"Model" Liquor Control Ordinance Gets No Support La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspajwr Printed in La Grande Cowing Union and Wallowa Counties l. VOLUME 32 EASTERN OBEOON'S LEADINO NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 95 " V pjnrfn MM, " . . . V J . . J- - V bJ 1U. LL CoWoAo QUOTA TO WW 383 MEN ON 1 PAYROLL IN COUNTY SOON Additional Civil Works Projects Approved By Oregon Board '. FLOOD CONTROL AMONG THE GROUP Wolf Creek and Elgin Schools, Dobbin, Ladd Canyon and High Val ley Roads Approved. Approximately Union county's full C. W. A. quota of ,383 men wHl be at work tomorrow, It was, announced by I. H. Peare, chairman or the county civil .works board thin morning. Au thorization to go ahead with several additional projects came last night from Burton E. Palmer, assistant to the administrator for Oregon. New projects approved Include tlie following: Project 30 Wolf Creek school dis trict repairs. Project 31 Elgin school district re pairs. . ' ' -I Project 32 Clearing and gravelling of Ladd Canyon road. Project 33 Gravelling of Dobbin road. Project 34 Control of flood waters between La Grande highway and Ladd Canyon road. Project 35 igh Valley No. 2, ex tension of- original request. Some of these projects will be used to replace others now nearlng com pletion, but some of them will per mit hiring new men to complete tho (Continued on 'Pa Six) Dec. 27 Like May Day Here; High Mark 56 Above It would have passed for. a. May day or late September. The mer cury reached a high of 56 above, anrt the little breeze present was not of the chilly kind. The sun shone moBt of the day; there was no rain, and the ground underfoot was without a trace of frost. It was yesterday In La Grande Dec. 27. And today promised to be a close rival, with a minimum, of 34 above for last night and the mercury at 43 above at 7 o'clock this morn ing Residents were hopeful that the unusually mild weather this month would endure at least until after New Year's day and. the weather forc icast for tonight and tomorrow was for little change In temperature. STORES AGREE ON OPERATING HOURS TODAY Operating hours for dry goods stores during January, February and March will be from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., Including Saturdays, It was decided this morning when a group of merchants met at the chamber of commerce, according to a report given the Observer. RETURN FROM WEST OREGON Judge and Mrs. L. Denham return ed Wednesday from Portland where they spent the Christmas holidays, leaving Thursday, Dec. 21. On Satur day they visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mays, In Salem; they spent Sundny with an other daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Halsey, In Van couver; while on Monday the family gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Snyder In Portland for Christmas. Mrs. Snyder also Is the daughter of Judge and Mrs. Denham. STATE INCOME TAX BLANKS DUE SOON Single wage earners In Oregon, who make more than $70 a month, will have to dig into their pockets be tween Jan. 1 and April 1 and pay a state Income tax for the first time In history. The new Income tax. adopted earlier this year. Is In effect and the state tax commission Is at work now preparing 120.000 Income tax blanks, to be placed in the malls within the next two weeks. The returns for 1933, payable tn 1034, Imporv h Iff her rates, and In IaTII I (3 VY ILL nj ivr -w SANTA MONICA, Oal Deo. 87 This la a day and time when every body gives opinions on something they (mow nothing about. So today I discuss opera grand opera. The Chicago opera house opened for the first tune In two years. It -was never a success because it was constructed wrong. It was ibullt so everybody could see the stage, but nobody could see each other, so now Its been re modeled so you can't see the stage, but can see the price mark on every dress In the house and It's doing fine. New York opened Its season with an American opera for the first time In history. American muslo has al ways been considered, by the opera goers, as fit for nothing but the oar, but never looked good through a lorgnette from a box. That's about all the opera news fit to print. Yours, LEONHARDT CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE La Grande Educator .Seeks Nomination For Schqol Superintendency First of the 134 candidates for fftnta office, .It Is believed, announced himself yesterday In Portland, when J. W. Lconhardt, of-La Clrande, sal he planned to file for the Democratic nomination for state, superlutangtut of public Instruction, Mr. Leonhardt, a Portland visitor yesterday, is a graduate of the Uni versity of Oregon, for 20 years a tea cher in Oregon end ox-clty school superintendent of Mllwaukle. Ore. He la now principal of Central school here. Tho office Is now held by Charles A. Howard, Republican. i GRALAPP TAKES LEADING PART IN O.S.T.A. SESSION A. L. Oralapp, principal of the La Grande High school, had a leading part In the sessions of the Oregon State Teach ens association In Port land yesterday. Mr. Gralapp was one of five giving discussions of the monographs on the national survey of secondary education published by the U. S. office of education dur ing 1932-33. Others Joining with Mr. Oralapp were John P. Bovard, University of Oregon; Henry E. Rufus, Miss Alice Polymton and Mrs, Ethel Hlckey. A resolution urging that "every voter ini the otatc of Oregon who has the interest of . . . tooys and girls at heart, work and vote for the sales tax" in event the referendum is in- (Continued on Page Six) BRATTON-JORDAN HEARING FRIDAY Several cases were placed before Judge L. Denham In the court of the justice of the pence Wednesday fol lowing his return from a weeks vaca tion in Portland. Joe Bratton and John Jordan, charged with assault with a danger ous weapon, were hailed before Judge Denham and upon their request a hearing was set for tomorrow morn ing at 10 o'clock. They are alleged (Continued on Page Bli) clude lower exemptions, and must be filed with the commission by April 1. The old state Income tax originally allowed personal exemptions of $1, 500 for single persons, (2.500 for mar ried persons and MOO , for each de pendent. Under the new amendment exemptions for single persons are re duced to WOO, married persons to 11.500 and $300 for dependents. The Income tax rat has been In creased from 1 to 3 per cent for the first $1,000 to 7 per cent on taxable Incomes In excess of $5,000. BAER MAKES p mm Noro fiddled while Rome burned, and Max Baer danced whllo Prlmo Camera and Tommy Loughrnn signed for a tltlo light. Ignor ing o' Baer, by Camera didn't rufflo the happy-go-lucky Maxlo, how ever, for he was busy on Broadway. Here ha Is shown with girls with whom he sings and dances In a Now York theater. Threshold of A New Era Crossed Roosevelt Says WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (A1) -President Roosevelt expressed the view to day that f'wiB enter the New Year with a realization that , we have crossed the threshold of a new era.' uv , Thls-'was contained- m a leervnov wrote to Mrs. Grace Morrison Poolo, president of tho General Federation of Women's clubs. The letter said in part: "The dawn of a new year always Is a challenge. . . . We have the op portunity of Improving conditions and maklpg our country a better home, materially and splrltuallly, for more I than 120,000.000 people. "To do this will require the con certed aid and continued efforts of many forces of government, federal, state, and local; of social spiritual, Industrial and financial agencies. "I welcome this opportunity to express my thanks for the splendid co-operation which you and members of the General Federation of Wom en's clubs have given to me and the government. . . . "I ask that we, men and women of the present and the new genera tions, continue to work together. With such united effort, we can attain strength and force necessary to cure existing ills and give us a new na tional health and prosperity." BROADWAY ussx? Desires Peace but Makes Ready For War NEW YORK, Dec. 28 OP) Joseph Stalin, head of the Communist party In Russia, snys the Soviet govern ment desires friendly relations with Japan but he sees a "grave danger, 'UnaM'o1 cniinot Jmt prepare to. meet it." '.. , . That Is what Stnlln ' told Walter Duranty, Moscow correspondent of the New York Times, in an interview today. , Stalin said that If the more "rea sonable" elements and more "pru dent" counsels prevail In Japan, the two countries can live In amity, but he added that Russia "feared that the militant faction may push the saner policies into the background!." Presidential O K On Five More Codes WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 P) Ap proval by President Roosevelt of five now NRA codes waa announced Tues day, but none of tho major pacts now bofqro him was In the list. "The codes approved were sllverworo manufacture; medium and low priced Jowelry; watch coso manufacture; commercial refrigeration Industry, and paper distributing industry. . TAKEN FOR A SLEIGH COMMISSION TURNS DOWN ORDINANCE View Taken That Attempt Made By btate to "Pass The Buck." VALIDITY OF LAW i IS NOT ASSURED Spirited Discussion of Or dinance Submitted By League of Oregon Cities Occurs. ' Spirited discussion of the proposed j liquor control ordinance subinlUed by -the League of Oregon Cities oc curred at last night's city commis sion meeting, with the city refusing to take any action, although, the or dliuince was given to City Attorney E. It, Itingo for further study. Victor R. Melville, president of the commission, adhered to the belief that the state was running Into many unforeseen difficulties In putting the Knox law Into action, and that suoh ordinances as this were being sub mitted to cities through -the league in j the hope that municipalities would take the lnltlatlvo In putting (Continued on Page Six, STORM WARNINGS ARE ORDERED UP PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 28 (P -ScAttheaat storm warnings were -ordered up on the Oregon and Wash Ington coastllno today for strong southerly and southeast winds, at times reaching galo force. , Higher temperatures prevailed over (Continued On Page Four) Anyway, It Will Be Easy License To Remember! Haskell Andrews, fruit Inspector, isn't so delighted about his now automobile license for the year 1034. In faot, ho's wondering whether It'll get him through the next 12 months safely. The reason? The license Is number 1313, and that's double measure on the old unlucky or would you call It lucky? 13. RIDE SAFE AT HOME , .y 'kl Iienoirticti ns the speculator who won and lost fortunes totalling as much as $100,01)0,001), Jesse Llvermore, the "Wizard of Wall Ktreet" (upper), Ih safe nt home after n mysterious disappearance from Ills Park Avenue homo In New York. Ills third wife (lower), a bride of less than a year, re ported Ills disappearance to the police, who arc still investigating the case. FIRST COURT BY KNOX LAW HAL KM. Dec 28 (P) Circuit Judge L. G. towelling today denied a tem Mrary restraining order against oper ation and , enforcement of the new ntute liquor law' which was asked by (he city or KlanmthMMIIs. Arguments on merits of the case will .be neard Tuesday when the state's demurrer to the Klamath Falls complaint comes up In circuit court. Attorney Elton Watklns, rcprcsent- (Oontlnued on Page Blx MAN IS SHOT BUT BODY DISAPPEARS PORTLAND, Doc, 28 (If E. T. Bowes told police today he was awak ened by a shot at 4 a. m- today, and looking out his bedroom window, saw three men standing over a fourth man who whs stretched out on the pavement. "You nhouldn't have shot him," (Contlnuod on Pago Six) Wheat Today j , The price of Iwnl cash wheat stood at iihout (VJ'j cenls bulk ttHlay, ar-mnllng to quotations at (ho I'lnnrer Flouring Mills. Port land cash 71 rfYMits, . CHICAGO, Dec. 28 W In the face of stock market advance;, grain values suffered setbacks today, Wheat a maximum of about a cent a bushel. Modification of tho cold wave over tho winter wheat belt did much to bring aout relief from uneasiness which had prevailed regarding like lihood of crop damage. Wheat closfld unsettled, at the same as yesterday's finish to cent lower, corn Vie off to c up, oats unchanged to 3,c down and provis ions unchanged to a rise of 7c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME OPEN HIGHWAY 1111)8 ' HMUGUl.KR, OPFICKIt KILLED ' T. It, ATTACKS P. W. A. NEAR ENDURANCE MAKK PORTLAND, Dec, 28 (P) Bids on 12 lilghwuy projects costing about $500,000 were opened by tlie state highway com miss Ion here today. Most of the work will be on secondary highways. The regrodlng and surfac ing with bituminous macadam of the Drunks Corner-West fihtlnn section t the Dallas-Kuleni highway was the largest Item on today's list, from cost standpoint EL PASO. Texas, Deo. 28 W A deadly exchange - of shots between United States border patrolmen and Mexican smugglers in the alums of South El Paso near the Rio Grande (brought death to Patrolman, Bert G. Walthall and a smuggler identified by local police as Jose Estrada of El Paso. Another patrolman, Louis A. Smith, was wounded slightly. ; PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 28 (TP) Theo dore Roosevelt, former governor of tlie Philippines, attacked the public works program today as costly aiwf wasteful, nnd said tluit direct cash aid for the unemployed would cost only half as much. MIAMI, Fla., Deo. 28 (fit Fruncea Marsalis and Helen Rlohey battled new foes today raw nerves and trouble fraught Imaginations as the minutes that sonar ted them from a new women's refueling endurance record were clipped off toy their whirling propeller. Their "Plying Boudoir," if all went well, was to cross the old mark of 8 days, four hours and five minute t 9:09 p. m., today. WASHINGTON, Deo. 28 P) Sec retary Wallace today threatened to use all powers of the farm admlnis' t ration to prevent the evosloit of pro cessing taxes by local hog buyers. COLD CAUSE OF MORE THAN 100 . DEATHS IN EAST Ity the Associated Press The fury of wlntor's onslaught had subsided y considerably today over much of tho United States, but in- tense cold; still prevailed In , many sections,, More than 100 persons have died, according to unofficial estimates, as a result of blizzards, ice, snow and cold. Three street department employes were drowned In St. Louis Bay, Wis., today when a heavy snow plow broke through tho Ice.1 In New York City, 34,000 men struggled beneath a leaden sky and In far below freezing cold today to complete tho. task of removing a 10.7 Inch snowfall from the streets. Home less men and women straggled over (Continued on Page Six , AMERICANS MIXED UP IN SPY CASE HBL6INGPORS, Finland, Dec. 28 W -Authorities announced today they had discovered a largo scalo plot to poison high offlolals of tho Finnish army's technical groups and ordered a dead official's body exumed lit tho belief ho was murdered. Tho alleged plot, they claimed, Is part of what tliey describe as tho ctplonogo conspiracy in connection with which two Americans, Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Jocobson of Michigan, woro arrested Oct. 27. Jocobson was a mathematics Instructor In the Northvlllc, Mich., high school three years. ' ' Tho body to bo oxhumed Is that of Lieut: Col. Fritz Walter Asplund, di rector of the state munitions works until' his sudden death loft AprU, "YOUNG UNS" SEWED IN FOR THE WINTER IIINDSVII.I.K, Ark., Icc. 2H P MIrIi up hrro hi (he Omrks the "yniiiiR 'uitH" luive Ihu sew ed 'In rw the winter. On the IitIh of the rirst I) Iff cold nell the elders xrnilfcd thn children and smml them luln flaiineN, which will not he re moved until warm weather coium again to the jhlllff. Ilaths arc tahoo with the jontiRHten In the wintertime. They simply can't Ret out of their flannel once they nrn "sewed In," No huttons are used. HARMONY IN CONGRESS IS HELD LIKELY Expect January Session to Be .Devoted Large- ' ly to Financing. . ;' NO TINKERING WITH RECOVERY PROGRAM Part , of Pay Cut For IT. S. Employes May Be Re stored; Short Session is Predicted. WASHINGTON, Deo. 28 WV A harmonious ooivcrawkmul geaslan de voted AlmoHt entirely to appropria tion and revenue bllb was predicted today by Speaker Kalney after a talk with President Koowvelt. Tlie speaker . told reporters there would be no tinkering with the Roosevelt recovery program' enacted at the last special session. He ex pressed belief a part of the pay out for government workers might be re-. storcd..; v :, ':. t ' r-. "We are going to have a short, harmonious and constructive session," said Rlnoy. V'lt will be a very Im portant seuslon 'but a . working on rather than a dramatic one. "We will pass tho supply bills, the tax bills and - the liquor measures and adjourn early In May. "Thore will foe no attempt to over throw the rocovery program or to oppose the president. It lsnt poairble. If there Js any sniping the snipers are apt to .be loft at home. "We had the extra session end en acted the reoojvary program and It is Just toeglnnintrto work. Recovory .Is . on the way.""' . ' -. -j. ; "V" "'; " ' High Democmtto spokesmen de scribed President Roosevolt '' as de termined today to 'concentrate the primary attention of tho 73rd con-, gross uponi a budgot designed to pro vldo an MOO.000,000 surplus above or dinary federal ' operating costs In 1034-35. j . Although Teconcllcd. to a present-' year deficit well above the billion, mark because of emergency expendi tures, tho administration was oatd to (Continued on Page Four) Women Arrested For Curling L Hair; Shaved TSINAN, China, Dec. 28 (P) A firm military man Is General Han Fu-Ohu, a man notably unsusceptible to the blandishments or Shantung women who wear their hair In for-clgn-foshlon curls. A large number of Chinese girls and women of modern tondoncles, whoso freshly-shaved heads today were bald and shining as so many eggs, offered evldonc of the genoraTs old-fash-loncd ideas on tho subject. Han Fu-Chu Is governor of Shan tung providence, and he rules with an Iron hand. Tho modern fashion of wearing tho hair in curls was espeo- ( Continued on Page Two) Wilson's Birthday Honored by Nation WASHINGTON, Dec, 28 (VP) With President Roosevelt taking a leading parCnatlon-wldo commemorations of tho 77th ' birthday anniversary of Wood row Wilson today were centered In the national capital. As a prelude to an address tonight by the president, associates and friends of tho war time chief execu tive arranged to place a wreath, upon his tomb in tho Bethlehem ohapel of the Washington cathedral during tho afternoon. CIIICAdO, Ilefl. 3H m CoM weather or no cold weather It's strictly HRalnst government ruilefl to burn mall to keep warm. The gover ninent nitegrlr that Uoliert Smith, a stinatltiitc mall man during tho prc-Chrtatimis, niHh, made n bonfire of 200 let ters on December 4 to warn his hnmlH. A ITidted HUtrs com m to ft loner held him In bonds of $1,000. Hmtth denied the charge
