December Retail Business Here Shows Big fMcreaMl
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America
Only Newspaper 1 vi
Printed in La Grande f
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREOON'8 LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29; 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS .
NUMBER 96
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THIS MONTH
IN BIG GAIN
Some of Leading Stores
Report Best Business in,
Three to Five Years
CITY OPTIMISTIC
AS YEAR '34 NEARS
Practically Every Firm in
La Grande Reports
Good Increase Over De
cember of 1932.
One of tile most encouraging in
crease In business noted m La
Grande pver a period of recent years,
Is taking place here tills month, with
practically oil lines of retail merclian
illelng showing decided gains over
Inst December, and some going fur
ther buck tlian that. Business in
crease range all tlie way up to as
much as oOD per cent tor the month,
and one firm reports the best Decem
ber business in five years. )
The gain, largely In Christmas
shopping of course, appears both in
volume of merchandise sold and in
pctual circulation of cash money.
With such an encouraging month be
hind them, La Grande business men
are facing the new year with the
greatest optimism in the last three
or four yenrs. '
Credit for the increase is given
Jointly to a recent betterment of gen-
-rnl mnrithfann In this communltV.
, to additional tpayrolls -made possible
I (.continued on Fags Six) I
Counties Will
Have Their Own
Hog Associations
Hog raisers in any county In Oregon
will have opportunity to form, their
own hog production control associa
tions and sign up for cash benefits
under the national corn-hog adjust
ment program, according to plans laid
bff members of the O. 8. C. extension
service, who have been given the task
of conducting the educational cam
paign in this state. Growers' meet
ings will be announced soon by coun
ty agents.
" Regional associations were first
cj templated for counties with Bmall
hog production but since it is learned
Xhat the corn-hog- contracts are com
k piratively simple it Is believed that
even a country with only a half dozen
Cowers can form its own association
witt less overhead expense and In
convenience. Corn producers, of
course, who care to Join in the plan
will be In the same associations.
Census reports credit Union county
with a total hog production of 11,759
head, and corn protection of 600
acres, out or a state total of 224,639
hogs and 63,116 acres of corn. Oregon
crop observers are of the opinldn that
these state totals are considerably
higher now, and that possibly most
county totals are up as well. .
Though this would give Oregon hog
raisers a theoretical allotment of be
tween 176,000 and 200.000 hogs and
benefit payments at $5 head of
just under a million dollars, actual
(Continued on Page Six,
EXPLAIN INSURANCE
OF BANK DEPOSITS
The following is one of ai series of
Information .released by A. K, arker,
cashier of the First National bank of
La Grande, explaining how deposits
in participating banks will be In
sured under law beginning Jan. 1,
1934. Editor's Note.
The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
The Olass-Steagal! banking act
was passed, by both houses on June
13, 1933 and signed by the president
on June 16, 1933.
1. This bill creates the Federal De
posit Insurance corporation, to hold
and liquidate assets of all closed na
tional and state member banks, and
to Insure the deposits of all banks
entitled to Insurance benefits.
2. Management of the corporation
la vested in a board of three, one of
whom shall be the comptroller, the
others appointed by the president
and confirmed by the senate. The
term of the appointive members is
six years, and the annual salary is
10,000.
8. The government appropriates
150.000.000 to capital of the Insur
ance corporation.
4. ' The act creates two classes of
stock, par value $100 each. Class "A"
WILL
ROGERS
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"Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Col., Deo. 28
The big Pan-American conference in
Uruguay adjourned. While it am
nothing, It did It so well that they all
left friends, which is more than, any
conference in years has accomplished.
You can't hope to gain ground at
a conference, you only try to remedy
tho damage done at the last one. .
Our Mr, Cordell Hull must have
done a very creditable Job for us
for I see he is able to visit Argentina,
Chile, Peru and other countries un
der his own name. Generally our
delegates arrive at a conference with
a band and leave Incognito. Yours,
P. 8.: You may have to loo that
incognito up. I aid.
COUNTY AGENTS
MEET HERE WITH
BALLARD TODAY
County agricultural agents from
five counties, Union, Umatilla, Wal
lowa, Baker and Malheur, are In La
Grande this afternoon meeting with
P. L. Ballard, Oregon State college,
county agent leader. First instruc
tion on the- corn and hog adjustment
program that Is being token .up In
each county will be received. De
tailed instruction about making out
contracts will be given also.
County agents here Include H.-G.
Avery, Union; W. A. Holt, Umatilla;
rr. C. Donaldson; Wtailowo,; : PI. T.
Fortner,' Baker; B; ' G.r iarson,' Mal-
"'The mtlillssWg,'held;m'-ife
Avery's office. . '
RETURN PERKINS
TO DIRECTORATE
OF MOTOR CLUB
W. C. Perkins, prominent La Grande
business man who for several years
has been interested In motorists
problems, was re-elected director of
the Oregon State Motor association
for a two-year term by members of
the association last night at the La
Grande hotel at 8 o'clock. Mr. Per
kins is the'rcpresentatlve from Baker,
Union, Wallow and Umatilla coun
ties on the state boards .
The motor association has a variety
of activities and is interested not
(Continued on Paxe 81z)
CITY WILL GREET
NEW YEAR QUIETLY
New Year's day, 1934, promises to
be a quiet one in La Grande this
year, with very little scheduled for
the day of a public nature.
Many watch night parties will be
held Sunday evening, an annual cus
tom, but beyond that and the New
Year's family dinner, the day prom
ises to be uneventful. A trapshoot
has been scheduled at Lone Tree.
Many of the churches Sunday will
observe the New Year's approach- In
sermon and) otherwise. Details . of
(Continued on Page Six;
stock to bo held by participating
member and non-member banks and
entitled to 6 per cent dividends or
30 per cent of the net earnings,
whichever shall be greater. Such
stock shall be non-voting. Glnss "B"
stock, issued to Federal Reserve banks
only and carries no dividends. Each
Federal Reserve bank shall subscribe
to such stock in an amount equal ta
one-half of its surplus on Jan. 1, 1933,
and pay one-half of that subscript
tion Immediately.
5. Class "A" ownership shall be a
prerequisite to national charter, state
bank federal reserve membership, or
resumption of banking by a closed
national bank. Such stock subscrip
tions shall equal one-half of 1 per
cent of deposit liability, one-half of
such amount payable when mem
bership In corporation and good
standing of bank Is certified, but In
no case prior to July 1, 1934. The
balance subect to call. National banks
falling to qualify by July 1, 1934 shall
have conservators appointed and non
qualifying state member banks of
federal reserve system shall have
membership cancelled. Such capital
subscriptions adjusted annually as
(Continued on Page Six
FRENCH TOAST!
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Smiling; prettily at the oo-la-las
of her countrymen Is lovely Eliz
abeth Argul (above). Pourqtiol?
Ilccau.se Kile's Just been chosen
Miss Purls, 1934. She's only 20.
NO ROTATION OF
C. W. A. JOBS IS
NEWEST RULING
Rotation of civil works employ
ment is strictly against government
regulations, according to information
received by the C. W. A. board hero
today from E. R. GouX' ad!ii1,p'tm"
'tor iov" OgtfnT wUpon 'thV comple
tion of any given project the persons
employee) on that projeot shall be
transferred by the local O. W. A.
board directly to a new project and
shall not be returned to the general
pool for re-selectlon by the national
re-employment service," Mr. Goudy's
ruling said. '
In other words, after the county
Jiuota of 383 is at work, no xurtner
obs arc possible on C. W. A. under
the present rules unless some C. W.
worker Is discharged, when a new
man may be selected to fill the va
cancy. Tomorrow Burton E. Palmer, assist
ant to the adminlstratqr, and Victor
Carlson, Eastern Oregon field execu
tive, will conduct a C.W.A. conference
of two sessions for committeeman and
administrative forces from Wallowa,
Baker, Umatilla audi Union counties.
At this time the local C. W. A. ex
pects to present some additional pro
jects. The main purpose of the meet
ings, of course, is to more thorough
ly explain various phases of the C.
W. A., the national re-employment
service and county relief committee
(Continued on Page Four)
The Balloon Ascension Will Be Temporarily Postponed
.S&r fM -F1
ORCHARDISTS
OF COUNTY
ARE WORRIED
Fear Heavy Damage to
'-Fruit Trees if Cold
Snap Interrupts Spring
Like Weather.
Spring like weather In the Grande
Romle vulley this month particular!)
the lust two weeks whiles enjoyed
tremendously by many people, Is
causing much apprehension amon?
orchadlsts of this county. .
If they could be assured that there
would be no severe cold during the
next two months, they would be more,
than delighted with the prospects of
a mild winter, but it's the uncertainty
that is troubling them. - -
Some orchardists maintain that the
sap has started running In their
fruit trees, although others are not
so sure about this. Certainly, buds
are well formed on most trees and
many . people believe that .spring
growth actually has started. ;
Lilacs and other hardy shrubs ore
as far advanced as usually is the case
early in the spring; new grass and
new vegetation in general has mado
'(Contlnuea on Pave Foury
Cars Driven On
Jan. 1 Must Have
'34 License Tags
- iS? it;OI,ICB JUKE PLANS '..
State policemen stationed in La
Grando arc -making plans to
thoroughly patrol Union and Wal
lowa counties beginning New
Year's day. to flee that no cars are
driven without 1034 license plates.
Only one more day arter today re
mains In which motorists may pur
chase 1034 licenses and thereby be
sure of operating his or her Car on
New Year's day. Automobile plates
may bo ordered either direct Irom
Salem or through the sheriffs office
here.
Sale of 1034 licenses has lagged,
despite reiteration by Charles P.
Pray, state police superintendent, that
cars on the highways must have new
tags Jan. 1. At tho close of business
In Salem' yesterday licenses Issued
dropped 0.387 from a corresponding
date last summer wlien half-year
licenses were sold.. Only 60,004 of
the new licenses had been issued. In
making the announcement, the sec
retary, of state's office In Salem said
truck application blanks had 'been
only recently available and few trucks
(Continued on Page six)
Daughter Comforts Torch Slayer.
Found guilty or the torch murder of lior divorced husband, Mrs. May
.Hanson, 30, hero is shown In court at Rockford, 111,, comforted by'
her daughter, June, 12, after tho verdict was returned. Tho Jury
convicted Mrs. Hanson on a chargo ot killing her husband by drench
' lng jils clothing with gaBolino and thou applying a match. She was
. v i , given 14 years In prisou. ' , , ,
BRAf TON, JORDAN
BOUND OVER TO
THE GRAND JURY
John Jordan and Joe Bratton,
charged with assault with a danger
ous weapon, waived preliminary hear
ing this morning before Judge L.
Denham, Justice of the peace, and
were bound over to await tho action
of tho grand Jury. ' Bond was set at
(Continued on Page Three)
SCOUT COURT"
OF HONOR AT
L.H.S. TONIGHT
A largo number of Boy Scouts will
receive awards ato tho court of honor
tonight at 8 o'clock at the La Grande
High school. Games and surprises
for all the boys who attend will fol
low tho court of honor.
O 7s If,
ROOSEVELTS
PEACE PLANS
ARE OUTLINED
President Challenges
World Political Lead
ers Declares Against
Intervention.
WASHINGTON, l)e!. 20 (ff) The
While HmiKD tmluy became a IlHten
Ing post for reaction to a stem chal
lenge by Irtnldt'iit Itoosevelt that
world political louden immt a'ssnme
all lilume for the hlneklng of n uni
versal immico ueoarri. -
Tho president today was behind' a
three-step plan for a world non
aggrcsslon pact, by which, he said.
any nation still believing "in the use
of the sword for invasion" could be
singled out.
Standing before a 77th birthday
anniversary commemoration of Wood
row Wilson last night, Mr. Roosevelt
praised tho war president's league of
nations realization as a prop" but
not the answer to the world peace
structure. Of the league lie added,
(Continued On Page Pour)
BUDGET REJECTED
SALEM. Dac. 20 W) Buclgot
items of four utility companies oper
ating in Oregon were rejected by
Charles M. Thomas, public utilities
commissioner, In orders Issued here
todny. The items consisted! mostly
of payments to holding companies
and reduction of salaries of chief
officials.
One of the orders affected the
West Coast Telephone company, oper
ating at La Grande and in South
western. Oregon, reducing salaries of
officials and payment of 4,000 to the
Lovcland Engineering company of
San Francisco.
Wheat Today J
The price of lorn I cash wheat
utmxl at ulioiil Mftt iwirtn hulk
here today, uernnllng to quota
tions nl the rimicer Flouring
Mills, port land cash ffl) cents.
CHICAGO. Dec. 20 W) With all
grain market frchcdulcd for a holi
day Monday, and with tho Liverpool
market closed tomorrow, year end ad
justment of accounts weakened wheat
prices today.
Declines In prices carried wheat In
Chicago down mora than 3 cent un
der yesterday's top. Warmer weather
with onow wan predicted for a largo
part of tho United States winter
wheat belt, and this tended to re
move crop damage fears.
Wheat clewed 2',4r;2o below yes
terday's finish; corn l'4wlo down,
oats rrfl4c off, and provisions un
changed to 6c decline.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTME
WALLACE FEARS NEW FLOOD
OK EG ON PAYROLLS GAIN
-
TELLM OF $000,000 PROFIT '
CONVICTS KILL ONE MAN
WALLACE, Idaho, Dec. 80 A
heavy downpour of mill und fust
melt lng snow In the mountains today
sent streams out 'of their banks- In
this region, threatening new flood
horrors to Inhabitants who already
have seen a million dollars worth of
dumuge In a week.
8 AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 (A) A
survey of Oregon1 employment made
in 116 representative firms by the
Federal Reserve Bar.. of San Fran
cisco Indicates the state . payrolls
poured 37 per cent moro into trade
channels In November than a year
ago, and where 100 men were then
employed, 120 are now at work. -
NEW YORK, Dec. 80 i(P) Testi
mony today brought out that Philip
II. IMilthlu Jr., made i00,000 profit
during the spectacular rise of the
stock or Atlas Tuck corporation and
through Its collapse Deo. 10.
ATMORE, Ala.. Dec. 20 W One
man was killed and another probably
fatally wounded today as they sought
to . apprehend ten escaped convicts
from Atmore state prison farm on a
highway near the . penitentiary.
HUKNOS AIRES, Ueo. U0 VP) Out
brailM In two dtleN of Argentina,
which the government described as
a ruillml revolt ujrulnt It, today re
HUlted In at leant Zlt deutlu and the
wounding of loo peniomi. -
GIRL CONFESSES
KILLING OF HER
LITTLE FRIEND
lly T. I). Ilngenburli
WHITK PLAINS,. N. V., Dec 28 P
A thirteen-year-old girl tins con
ImmhI, District Attorney Frank II.
Coyno said today ,to the murder liwt
Sunday of her elght-yeur-old girl
cliunt.
MaryMCavala, Coyno Bald, told him
after long questioning Inst night that
she had killed Josephine Moropay,
hitting her 'on the head with a rock
and then strangling her.
"I did it," tho . district attorney
quoted nor as saying. "Josle told
lies about me and about my family.
I did It. I lost my tomjjer."
Josephine's body was found on
Christmas eve under the porch steps
of St, Matthows Lyceum at Hastlngs-on-Hudson.
Police believed she had
been slain by a man and It was, not
until early yesterday that they started
questioning .Mary. . Steadfastly she
denied tho crime until late last night
sho broke down and admitted she
hod killed Josephine.
(Continued on Page Two)
FATE OF OREGON
JOBS UNCERTAIN
PORTLAND, Dec. 20 VP) A spe
cial dispatch to tho Journal today
from Washington, D. C sold that
"locking official word as (to what tho
publlo works board did In Its session
Thursday, members of the Oregon
delegation were loft to spcculato as
to tho weight tliat should be given
to grapevine reports, some of which
were discouraging."
"Thus," tho dispatch continued,
"Senator Stelwer's office reports that
the Celllo to Wallula Improvement
ot tho Columbia, and the Deschutes
(Continued on Page Bur)
PREMIER
RUMANIA,
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 29 (AI
Premier Duca of Rumania was assas
sinated today.
Tho assassination occurred In the
city of Blnala, the seat ot the royal
palace, as the premier was about to
board a train for Bucharest after a
conference with King Carol this af
ternoon. Ho died Instantly when a student
fired four rcvolvor bullets Into his
hoad at closo rango.
1 1 I
Ion O. Dues, Itborol lender and
former minister of tho Interior, was
made premier by King Carol Nov. 12.
Ho followed Alexander Valdn-Voo-vod,
former premier whoso govern
ment was overthrown.
Dues had a long record in the pub
llo life of Rumania and at various
times held tho post of minister of
tho Interior, minister of foreign af
NAVY READY;
TO PROTECT
U. & CITIZENS
Several Hundred Ameri
cans in Section of. S
China Now Menaced
LEGATION FILES
REPRESENTATIONS
Protests to ..Ciiinese Na
tional Government Be
cause of Damage Done
to Foochow Mission.
".PBIPINo; Dec. 29 (m Ulie United
SlAtcs legutlon todny mods repre
sentations to the Chinese national '
government as a result -of damage
done to the American mission board ,
property at Fooohow several days ago
by national government aerial bombs.
POOCHOW, China, Deo. 29 W)
The United; States destroyer Fulton
anchored off Poochow today, ready
to protect American lives and prop
erty. . ' 1 . . .
The precaution was taken In the
event the national Chinese govern
ment's operations against the local
robel government assume proportions
which might endanger the Americans
here. . '
The majority of the 144 American
living In Poochow and vicinity are
safely domiciled on Nantal Island In
tho South Mln river. Thus far Nan
tal Island has been.f ret .from attack
tty the Kanlclnn, oomblnrtTIM whlon
have damaged Poochow;. ' : " v-.
Likewise, tho majority of the. 87
Americans and 60 Filipinos in ' the
s (Continued on Page Four) ' . '
New Gold Order
Is Directed At
The Big Hoarder
" . .
WASHINGTON. Deo. 29 (AV-Acting
Seoretary Morgenthau said today his
new antl-hoardlng order was directed .
at the big hoarder and that the treas
ury expected to get In several mil
lions In gold and yellow backs, '
"There is several million around In
tho banks and other places and we
aro going after It," Morgenthau told
newsmen, "The drive ut still against
the big hoarder, not the little one,
but we think small hoarders will com
along and turn In their gold.
"It's a mopping up at the end of
the year. I think we'll get several
millions. We mean business."
Asked whether the treasury . was
going to call In gold held by federal
reserve banks, which constitutes three
quartors of the nation's monetary
gold stock, Morgenthau replied:
"I Just can't discuss that. We're
on a 24-hour basis." '
Morgenthau sold the new order
would not altor the reconstruction
corporation gold purchase policy. To-
day the corporation again quoted a
price of (34.00 an ounce (or newly
mined metal. . f .
Crown Prince Of
Japan Given Name
TOKYO, Dec. 29 W .Japan's
beloved little crown prince received
a name today. In a ceremony which,
lasted two hours his father an
nounced his full name as Aklhlto
Tsugu No Mlyn, which, means
"Prince of the August Succession and
Enlightened Benevolence."
If the Infant born amid great re
joicing seven dnys ago lives to suc
ceed Emperor Hlrohlto, he will be
known as Aklhlto. ,
DUCA, OF
MURDERED
fairs and minister of publlo Instruc
tion. When Duca was mado premier he
immediately began a campaign to
combat a rising wave of antl-semlt-Ain
In Rumania,
His cabinet voted to dissolve two
of tho nazl bodies of Rumania -the
Iron Guard led by Cornellu Codreanu,
and the Anti-Semitic National Christ
ian party headed by Prof. Alex Cuza,
Tho growing strength of the two
nazl organizations whloh, however,
hold only 17 scats in the chamber
of deputies, woro causing anxiety to
tho government In view of recent
no-;l victories In the Transylvania
district where nazls had won 62 per
cent of the total votes cast In a re
cent election In Slblii. ' ' '
By outlawing the two nazl organ
izations, Duca was expected! to pre
vent them from participating In
parliamentary elections. ,