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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OIIEOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1934
MEMUElt ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 98
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DEPOSITS!
LOCAL BANK
LOSS-PROOF
First National of La
Grande Becomes Quali-
fied Member of Fund.
CERTIFICATE IS
RECEIVED TODAY
Individual Deposits Up To
, $2,500. Insured Against
; Loss As Part of New
Act Oven Nation.
Depoeltors of sums up to $2500 In
the First National Bank of la. Grande
are Insured against loss bcRlmilng to
day. The officers of the local bank
this morning received from Wash
ington, D. C. their certificate which
certifies the local Dank a amy quali
fied member of the Temporary Fed
, cral Deposit Insurance Fund.
The temporary Insurance fund Is
In effect until July 1, this year, at
Sfhlcb time, a permanent Insurance
ltructure planning to Increase this
I Inlnunum total coverage against loss
gn deposits up to $10,000 Is sched
Auled to go into effect.
The certificate received by the First
National bank here from the nation's
capltol this morning reads as follows:
' Washington, D. C.
Effective Jan. 1, 1934
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation it has been made
. to appear that the First National
Bank of La Grande In the etate of
Oregon Is a member of the Federal
Reserve System, entitled to become a
member of the Temporary Federal
Deposit Insurance Fund and to the
Insuring of its deposits as provided
by law from the date hereof until
July 1, 1934:
Now, therefore, I, Walter J. Cum
mlngs, chairman of the board of
directors, do hereby certify that the
First National Bank of La Grande In
the state of Oregon Is a duly quali
fied memiber of the Temporary Fed
eral Deposit Insurance'Fund.
In testimony .whereof witness my
signature
i . . WALTER J. CUMMINGS
(-Seal) Chairman of the Board of Di
rectors of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation. -
Attest: : -., . ;
Walter J. Owens
. Secretary.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 2 m Prais
ing the inauguration ol Insurance of
bank deposits, Senator Vandenberg,
(Continued on Page Two)
. I
C. E. Societies
To Hold Rally
Here Tomorrow
Final plans are being made here
today by ' members of the local
Christian Endeavor societies for a
rally to be held .tomorrow at the
Christian and Presbyterian churches.
The speaker will be Dr. Paul O.
Brown, ol ' Los Angeles, who Is well
known In this vicinity, having' visited
here several times previously. Dr.
Brown Is genera! counsellor of the
(Continued on Page Pour)
EXPLAINS
OF BANK
The following is the final one of
a series of informative articles, re
leased by A. K. Parker, cashier of the
First National Bank of a Grande, in
explanation of how deposits in parti
cipating banks will be insured under
law beginning today. Editor's Note.
Some indication of the number of
depositors and amount of deposits in
the 12th Federal Reserve district to
be covered by the Insurance Is pre
sented in the accompanying table and
chart. The proportion of depositors
In this area having accounts of $2500
or less is approximately the same as
In the United dtates as a whole, but
the aggregate amount of deposits In
cluded in that size group constitutes
UNITED STATES
Amount of Deposits ' Per Cent
(Thousands) of Total
t 2.600 or less 6.680,327 23.7
2,600 - $5,000 1,912,132 8.1
6.001 - $10,000 1,840,791 7.8
10.001 - $60,000 3.720.403 18.8
Over 60.000 - 10,488.654 44.6
Total $23,542,307
Number of Accounts
Total .....$30,556,105
$ 3.800 or less $29,482,384
10.000 or less 30,322.120
10.001 or more 233.985
In conclusion, it might be well to
remember that the banker loans, not
his own money, but the depositors'
money. He is a trustee, responsible
to his stockholders, while serving his
depositors. Comptroller J. F. T.
O'Connor made the following state
ment in a recent address:
"My purpose is to serve a great
country with my limited ability. If
uncounted hours in the day and long
Into the night will bring forth a bet
ter understanding between my de
partment and the people, will make
for a.. more permanent banking struc-
WILL
ROGERS
' BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Jon. I
Everbody comes to California, they
see a lot of great wide, rocky, sandy
creek and river beds, with not a hot
water, bottle full of water In "em and
they are a big Joke. Thoy: wonder
what they are for.
Well, yesterday they showed what
they were there for. Us old settlors
(that have been hero five or 10 years)
never saw anything like it. We ore
so tlckied to see rain out here that
we put on a big parade In honor .o(
It.
I am writing this before I go to tho
big game today. I- am about half mad
because Nicholas Murray Butler
didn't come out hero with his team.
Somebody ought to have told him It
was a Republican convention, that's
his principal relaxation. Yours,
IMS. toHw fMmC ha
C.W.A.
JOBS HERE
RECEIVE O.K.
L. H. S. Athletic Field to
Be Levelled; Flood Con
trol Project' Approved
Several more Union county C. W. A.
projects were approved by Burton E.
'aimer, of Portland, assistant to the
Oregon )idmlnkstmt(f M the civil
works administration, following an
Eastern Oregon conference lielil in
(Continued on Page blx)
E.O.N. GRADUATES
SUCCESSFUL IN
OBTAINING JOBS
That graduates of the Eastern Ore
gon Normal school are unusually suc
cessful In securing teaching positions
Is indicated by a recent report sub
mitted by J. A. Churchill, director of
elementary teacher training for Ore
gon. The report gives tho percent
continued on Page blx)
DAIRY MEETINGS
HERE FEB. 16-17
The Oregon Dairy association will
hold a two-day convention in La
Grande Feb. 16 antf 17, it was an
nounced today by Ernest DeLong.
The convention, details of which
will be announced later, Is expected
to bring quite a large gathering of
delegates to this city.
INSURANCE
DEPOSITS
a much lnrgcr proportion of the total
deposits in the 12th district than In
the entire county.
In the 12th district member banks,
06.0 of all deposit accounts did not
exceed $2500 on May 13, 1933. Nearly
99.4 of the depositors carried bal
ances smaller, than $10,000, lenvlng
only 6 accounts In every thousand
with deposits of $10,001 or over.
On the other hand, the 0-$2500 group
of accounts Included only 33.3 of
the amount of deposits, while but
55.4 of deposits came within the
$10,000 or smaler class of accounts.
Number and amount of deposit ac
counts by size of account: (Licensed
member banks, Mny 13. 1933.)
TWBUTH DISTRICT
Per Cent
of Total
33.3
114
10.7
16.5
28.1
100.0
100.0
$ 768,220
262.230
245.660
381.289
640.810
$2,304,218
100.0
100.00
96.6
r 90.3
0.7
$4,019,267
$3,882,396
3,995.355
23.912
99.4
0.6
ture, the effort will not be counted
in vain. Let us bring cold figures to
life, let us put a heart back Into
bunking, and let profits be subser
vient to service. Let us bring a
great profession back to the leader
ship It oie enjoyed. Let the in
spiration of the names of greabank
ers of the past men who tossed their
nnds Into the country's exchequer
save its credit and win Its wors
touch the Inner recesses of our souls,
that we may Imitate and serve."
(The End)
F0MIA
RAINFALL IN
CHYF0R33
23.04 INCHES
Wettest Since 1927 in La
Grande; 3.59 Inches
Above Normal.
DECEMBER TOTAL
IS ABOVE AVERAGE
Temperature Ranges
From 16 Below to 106
Above 1933 Year of
. Extremes Here.
La Grande received more precipita
tion In the form of ruin nnd miow
during 11)33 than Hi nee the your 11)27,
a survey of local weather records to
day revealed. December's total of
3,51 Indies of moisture, which Is 1.40
inches over normal quota, boosted
tho year's total to 23.0-1 Inches 3.GI)
above normal.
The year also contributed tho sec
ond coldest February day In La
Grande since weather records were
started here In 1886. Last Feb. 0, the
mercury dropped to 16 below zero.
The record Is 10 below for February.'
made In 180D.
Also, on July 24, the mercury
climbed to 106 above, one degree
copier than the all-time heat record
of 107 above for La Grande.
Ncnr-Kecord Year
Although It broke no outstanding
records, the year of 1933 was a near
record one from a weather standpoint,
winding up with the warmest De
cember here since the year 1892.
Moisture last February was ' the
most for that month since 1926, and
this December was the wettest In
more than 12 years.
The temperature range, 122 degrees,
was the greatest here In several
years.
And the 1.05 Inches of rain that
fell here In a 24-hour period about
(u. year ago,. ga.ve .that da? ranking
(Continued On Page Four)
Mrs. Proctor, 66,
Dies Saturday At
Fruitdale Home
Mrs. Eunice Proctor age 66, wife of
D. H. Proctor, county assessor, passed
away at her home In Fruitdale Sat
urday afternoon after a long illness.
Mrs. Proctor is a pioneer of La
Grande, having lived here, for 43
years and her death came as a sad.
shock to her many friends. She is
survived by her widowed husband:
two sons,. Henry, of Pocatcllo, Ida.,
and Harry, of Seattle, Wash.; and a
brother V. C. Wheeler, of Hendricks,
Minn.
The funeral will be held from the
chapel of Walkers Funeral Home
-Wednesday afternoon at 2o'clock with
Rev. W. H. Hertzog in charge of the
services. Burial will be In the family
plot in Island City cemetery.
I
"... , , fcjeegooc.
Probe Cruelty
That children of the. Arthur Sunshlno Home and Kindergarten for Blind at Summit, N. J., wore "dis
ciplined" by Doing thrust under cold showers and having their mouths taped, was the 'estlinciiy leach-
ers at the uslitutlon Rave when luvetitlKatioii or the charges began. Here Mrs Ulo.iys Xraeuter,
superintendent (at right of tabic), tosllllcs In her own behull In llie priwniw nl nursi's at the Home.
BURGLARS ENTER
LA GRANDE HIGH
SATURDAY NIGHT
School re-opened In La Grande to
day after the holiday vacation, wl.a
classes In both High school and the
grade schools resumed.
But at the High Bchool, somo tlmo
was spent this morning by teachers
and others, checking their belongings
to sre If all was well. The build.n
was entered by burglars Saturday
night and although, considerable
damage was done, nothing of va'ite
was reported as missing with, the ex
ception of ; somo stamps front : ho
city school superintendent's office
Entrance to tho building was made
through, a window on tho southwest
end. the Intruders breaking the glass
and entering Mr. King's room. Then
they went to the furnace room and
broke In there, obtaining tools which
they used to enter other rooms, in
cluding tho offices of Supt. Herbert
Evani Principal A. L. Gralapp end
five, class" rooms." Doom were pried
open and damaged considerably, al
though repairs were made over the
weekend and all was in readiness for
study tills morning.
(Oontlnnfici on Pace Four
LA GRANDERS
ASKED TO AW
FLOOD RELIEF
Rev. Paul Do F. Mortimorc, chair
man of Union county urges all citi
zens of La Grande to contribute
quickly to the relief of hundreds ol
families driven from their homes by
floods in, ftho Pacific northwest. This
chapter's quota Is $125.
A. L. Schofer, Red Cross manager
In the Pacific area, tad vises the local
chapter that there is great desolation
and dlstrew In Western and Central
Washington and Northern Idaho.
Contributions to the Pacific north
west flood disaster relief fund may be
made at La Grande Investment Co,
office.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET THE IDEA
MAT
Charge at Home for
Baby Anson First
To Arrive Here
New Year's Day
Being the first baby of 1934
born In La Grande Is such a mo
mentuous event in the life of Baby
Anson, day-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dclbert Anson that her
parents are still hard put to select
a . nn mo that will be fitting for
tho baby. The 8-pound daughtor
was born yesterday at tho Grande
Roncgo hospital at about 3:30 p. m.
About 55 minutes after Baby
Anson was born Gerald Leo Stod
dard greeted 1934. He was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Stoddard
at fhelr home at 1603 Adams at
4:25 o'clock. The baby weighs
B'A pounds.
REGISTERING AT
E. O.N. FOR TERM
Registration was under way today
at the Eastern Orggon Normal school
and a number of new students have
registered for work, President H. E.
Inlow announces. Classes of the
winter quarter will begin tomorrow
morning on regular schedule.
KNOWLES AT
HOME AFTER
HOLIDAY TRIP
Judge and Mrs. J. W,t Knowles re
turned Sunday from Portland whoro
they spent the holidays with their
daughtor, Ms. E. G. Brown, nnd her
family, and with their son, Everett
W. Knowles, and family.
Judge Knowles will preside at the
adjourned term of the circuit court
which will open next Monday with
the case of the state of Oregon vs.
Louis May. chnrged with non-support.
Judge and Mrs. Knowles found the
roads in good condition on their re
turn trip but thoy report consider
able fog.
i toll mm
Blind Children
THROWN FROM
TRUCK, ELGIN
MAN KILLED
Carl Thomas Stowe, 29,
Fatally Injured in Acci
dent; Dies' Here Today ;
Carl Thomas Stowe, you up Elgin
mini, was fatally Injured early Hunday
morning on the highway the other
Hide of Elgin, when lie wis thrown
from a careening truck. He died tit
an early hour this morning at tho
Grande Konde hospital. .lleportH arc
that Internal hemorrhage caused Ills
death.
Mr.1 Stowe. was.. riding In n truck
with his brother, Ed, who was driving,
according to officers, when the mach
ine! left, ttu? high tony. ,Thc driver
managed to get' It back, onto the road,
but Carl, was thrown from tho vo
hlcle, striking a fence nnd his body
breaking one of the rails. In spite
of tho force of the Impact, there were
few bruises and no broken' bones, It
was reported.
He was rushed to La Grande for
medical aid, but his Injury was too
serious to prevent death.
Funeral services have not yet been
arranged). Tho body is at the Snod
grass and Zimmerman mortuary.
Mr. Stowe was born in Arizona
Jan. 10, 1004 nnd was 20 years, 11
months and 17 days of ago. Ho is
survived by his parents, Mr: and Mrs.
Hczeklah Stowe; fivo brothers, Verne,
of Wallowa, and Bert, Ed, James and
Johiii all of Elgin; threo sisters, Mrs.
Alta Wheeler, Mrs. Rula Long, of
Elgin, and Mrs. Janet Ross, of Elmer,
Ida., besides other relatives.
CELEBRATION TO
BE MEET TOPIC
The La Grande chamber of com
merce will meet next Tuesday at the
La Grande hotel, with the entire pro
' "m to bo turned over to a dlscus-
m of plans nnd budget for the
' 34 U. P. railroad celebration here,
commemorating the nrrival of thfs
first train in this city half a century
ago.
This was announced at a meeting
of directors of the chamber held to
Cy nt noon.
It alBo was announced that the city
commission Is Investigating the feas
ibility or loosing the Ln Grande air
port so that the C. W. A. might au
thorize its improvement.
L. W. SHIRLEY
VISITS HERE
L. W. Shirley, mooter mechanic for
tho Union Pacific with headquarters
in Portland, is a visitor in Ln, Grande
today where he Is transiting busi
ness. Wheat Today j
The price of local vnsU whral
stood at aim nt, Til j mils hulk
here today, nt-fordlng lo quota
tion at the Plnnerr rimirlng
.Mills. Port lu i id dish 70 rents.
CHICAOO, Jan. 2 (47 Higher
prices prevailed ln nil grains today,
tho first trading session of tho now
year, but the advance was duo moro
to o lack of pressuro than to aggron
sivo buying.
Trodo was only fair with tho mar
ket easily Influenced.
Wheat closed unsteady and near
the extreme low levels of t dny. A
late wave of selling wiped out nil
earlier gains. The close was 'i to
hftlnur Hfttnrrtav' flniah.
Corn also weakened late or.J? u-
isneq to ic crown.
Oats were Vfc (a yA c lower, and pro-
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
JI!I(1E IS) KKVKIIMKI)
....
IMOTHEIt, SISTKIl MUilDKItKl)
TKMI'EIIANCK ORDER ISSUED
m '
N. R. A. CODE ENJOINED
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 32 VPI Opinions
liaiKlrd down I ml ay lj the Htnte su
premo court IncliidHi: Nora J. ilarrln
vh. Louis ScluUtuv, derowlaint, and
Jesso Ilrcslieiirs, sheriff, Guy Fuller,
dnrenduubi-apncllants. . Appeal from
Union county suit Involving chattel
mortgage. Opinion by Justus Itossl
man. Judge J, W. Knowles 'rcserscd.
MASSIIjLON, O., Jan. a VP) Wav
ering footprints ln the moist soli of
the farmlands near the eastern, edKo
of Masslllon faded into a blind trail
today for sheriff's deputies hunting
Mrs. Edith Dllly MoOtnxus Chrlstman,
Si, for questioning In the fatal shoot
ing of her estranged husband ' Roy
Chrlstman, 49, and his Invalid sister
lea, 38.
SALEM, Jan. 8- P) Orders ro
giirdlng tvmpornnra for all employes
of the state highway department were
Issued: touuy by it. II, lunulock, sljito
highway engineer. Violation of the
rules set out In 1 ho ortfer will rcsuH.
In Imiuedliite dismissal Daldock stilt
ed, : j
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 2 t&t A
temporary injunction . restraining
General Hugh S. Johnson, national
recovery administrator, code authori
ties and United States officials from
onforolng provisions of the coat and
suit Industry, codo against five Con
necticut manufacturers has boon
granted by tho U. S. district court.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 MP) Tho Am
erican Veterans association, .arter an
investigation of the economy act, re
liorts that "no actual hardship has
hecn meted out to the war disabled
veterans.".
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (Pi Tho
reconstruction finance corporation
made known today it had purchased
more than 450,000,000 or foreign gold
ln the administration's effort to boost
oommodlty prices,,. 1
F. R. TO DELIVER
CONGRESSIONAL
MESSAGEHIMSELF
WASHINGTON, .lau. 2 (P) Presi
dent ItooHevelt notified cuiirithsIoiiuI
loudcrtt today he planned to deliver
his first annual messaKO to congress
tomorrow, In pcrsnn.
This was disclosed in authoritative
quarters today as congressional lend
ers busily engaged In prcpnrlng for
tho convening of congress. It will be
the first time a president has read his
message ln person at a Joint session
since the Cool Id go administration.
(Continued On Page Four)
BANKING CODE IS
EFFECTIVE FEB 1
The banking codo wlvloh wilt
chango hours of operation and several
items of banking prnctlce will not go
Into effect until Feb. 1, In accorcV
nnce with a request mado by Gen
eral Hugh Johnson, N. R. A. admin
istration head. A. K. Parker, cashier,
announced this mornlnj?.
Original plans called for the accept
ance of the code on Jan. 1 but more
time Is necessary to complete the
clauses of other codes throughout the
country, It Is snid.
LIST OF CALIFORNIA
FLOOD FATALITIES
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 W) The
revkted death list in tho Los Angeles
flood of Sunday follows:
Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Moore and
daughter, Murtlia, 7, Sari Gabriel.
Sherman and Toots Hubbard, bro
ther and sister, Wilmington, drowned
with tho Moorcs when their automo
bile plunged Uimugh a broken b rid go.
Mrs. Dorothy Carter, Monterey
Park.
Marilyn Ghoslln, 4. Olendate.
Mrs. Myrtlo Adams, Montroso.
El wood Plumb, G, Long Bench.
Clyde Dow-Il, CWA worker, Tujun
ffa. Frank Gereghty, 45, North Holly
wood. Mrs. Ruth X. Relhl. Montroso.
Mrs. Margaret Smith, La scenta.
Chester Herrera, IJ, Los AngcleJ.
Clark Haftnon, Montrose.
Sam Wilson, 10, Montroso.
Wilson, 13, a brother.
Betty Lorrnino Klnns, 10, Montrose.
Mrs. Vera Ka:i, 40, La Creecentn.
Homer Hlgiey. 28. Montrose.
Winston Doty, 20. Vefftcc.
Weston Doty. 20, Venice, twin bro
ther of Winston.
iiru Carter. 70. Van Nuys.
' Three unidentified men, two un
identified women, three unidenfl(d
gfrls. With the exemption of Carter,
34 DEAD, 32
MISSING IN
FLOOD AREA
Rescue Crews Searching
Debris Strewn Sec
tions of State, .
SCORES OF HOUSES
RAZED BY WATERS
Most Chaotic Conditions
in Foothills of the La
Crescenta-Montrose Re
gion. LOS ANGKLES, Jan. 2 (ff) Denrlfl
trewn seoiiniw nf Kmithera Califor
nia were be Ins searched today ns Los
Angeles nnd lis environs sought to
count tho toll of death nnd destruc
tion In the greatest rainstorm nnd
flood In Its history. . " ,
Thirty-four bodies were reported re
covered today ln various disaster
areas, 23 being Identified. In addi
tion there were seven persons killed '
ln automobile accidents resulting
from the storm. A list of 32 missing
was also reported.
That would Indicate a probable
death list of 66. .
Property damage, It was estimated,
would run' Into millions. . '
' The most chaotic conditions were
ln the foothills of the La Crescents
Montrose area, back, of the city of
Olcndale, ln which a forest fire sev
eral weeks ago denuded the water
shed. Scores of houses were torn away by
the torrents then crashed down the
arruyos. Many automjoblles were
completely burled.
Tha ordinarily dry Los Angeles
- (Continued on-Pag Pour) ;
Woodin Resigns
And Morgenthau
Joins Cabinet
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 P) The
treasury opened today under a hew
secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr.
for Its first day's business ln 1084.
Tho first break ln the Roosevelt
cabinet yesterday elevated Morgen
thau .to the portfolio of secretary of
tiro treasury after the president ac
cepted the rcsignalon of William M.
Woodin. Morgenthau had been .act-.,
lng secretary several weeks while
Woocln was on leave attempting to
regain his health. It a letter to the
president dated around the middle of
last month, however, Woodin Bald he
felt It best that he resign. Word that
Mr. Roosevelt had, accepted and
named Morgenthau was not known
until Just beforo the latter was sworn
in.
Arguments In Knox
Law Case Delayed
SALEM, Jnn. 2 (T) Postponement
of nrgumcnts in the Klamath Palls
attack on tho Knox liquor law, sched
uled to be heard today bororo Cir
cuit Judge L. O. Lowell lng here, was
announced in view of tho reported
inability of el thor attorneys for the
state or the defense to be ln attend
ance. PORTLAND, Jan. 2 P) An ad
ministrator to direct and manage
Oregon's stato liquor control system
will bo appointed this week. This
was announced Monday by George H.
McMorran, ol Eugene, chairman, of
the liquor control board.
all the bodies were found In tho
Olendalc-Montroae district.
The following persons were roportod
missing:
Joan, McDonald, 6, Los Angeles.
Edith Wnrfiold, 6, Montroso.
Charles Warfleld, 15, brother of
Edith. . ,
Mrs. E. H. Hlgiey, Montroso.
Mrs, Etta Thomas, Montroso.
Virginia Pulllam, Los Angeles.
Phyllis Brooks, Loa Angolos.
Wendell Farr, San Fernando.
Mr. and Mrs. J, Stanley Jackson,
Glcndnle.
Mr. awl Mrs. Ralph Knlffln, Mont
rose. Martha Oray, La Crescent.
George R. L. Young, Montrose.
Ida Hamilton, Montrose.
Peggy Hamilton, 15, twin sister ot,
Ida.
Mny Hamilton, 14, sister of Ida and
Pc&y. ' "
W. R. Scully and wife Jennie, Mont
rose. Mrs. Clark Harmon, Montrose.
Lorraine Ncuchcr, 36, Highland.
.Mrs. Ella L, McLean, 60, Montrose,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McKenzto and
their (Si Lawrenoe.Dunlap, of Pllnt-
$.dgo school for boys.
Horry Wilson, 2. Montrose.
Clara Horowitz, 21, Loa Angeles,