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On F. R. Brings Quick Defence MM- La Grande Is The Gateway to .Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties ' , Miifr Wm i I I VOLUME 32 EASTERN OltEGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS : NUMBER 103 AUTO HITS C DEAR 9 Hill Republican Attack String LIFFs if 4 Mi' If ft 2 OF INJURED IN CRITICAL SHAPETODAY Car With . 11 Occupants Crashes Into Cliff West of Here Sunday. MRS. SCHOOLER AND L. COMSTOCK KILLED Mrs. Comstock Critically Hurt; Seven Others In jured, But Not Danger ously, Keport. Coroner George Walker, otter an Investigation today, decided -j Inquest Into the tragic auto mobile accident would not be necessary. La Grande counted two dead, one critically Injured, and eight less seri' iiixlv hurt as the result of an ollto- moblle accident two miles west of here early Sunday on the Old Oregon Trail highway. Louis E. Comstock, 41, driving a sedan with ten other occupants, passed another car and then crashed Into a cliff. Investigat ing oflcers reported. The dead: MRS. CHARLES SCHOOLER, 33, fractured skull, crushed chest, head cuts. LOUIS E. 'COMSTOCK, 41, frac tured skull, crushed chest, badly cut face. - The Injured: MRS. COMSTOCK, 31, fractured skull, fractured left clavicle, bad face cuts. ' VIOLET STILLS, 13, leftwrlst hurt. CHARLES SCHOOLER, 29, head In juries, Injured left hand and shoul der, neck Injury, possible fractured skull. i IMOGENS SCHOOLER, 5, badly cut face. (Continued From Page Four) Tigers Trounce Joseph Quintet Saturday 45-20 A Tiger team- that in the third quarter suddenly developed an un canny eye 'for basket shooting trounced the Joseph Eagles 45 to 20 iiere Saturday night In oil upset game. Joseph had gone through three gomes undefeated before com ing to La Grande, and on the other hand the Tigers had done no better than break even in, two starts. On the basis of floor -work Satur day, the Tigers would have won any way, although by a smaller margin. But with even the long shots flick ing through the hoop, It became an easy matter to roll up polnte. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, with La Grande leading 46 to 11 after a 26-polnt spurt in the , third frame. Coach Ira Woodie sent In his entire seconld team. During the last period, with the second team unable to score, Joseph rolled up nine points to make the score not quite so .lop-sided. As an example of the Tigers' flash (Continued On Page Pour) HUGH COLEMAN CHAIRMAN OF DISTRICT BOARD Hugh Coleman, superintendent of the Baker schools, is chairman of tho basketball tooard of district No. 1, which Includes Union. Wallowa, Bak er and Malheur county. In a story Saturday concerning the annual district championship Das ketball tournament the Observer In correctly said that A. L. Gralapp, principal of La Grande High school, Is chairman. LESS SUNSHINE LAST YEAR THAN NORMAL Although 1833 was one of the rainiest years In recent history In La Orande, there still was plenty of sun shine. A check of the official weather rec ord for 1033 reveals that there were 134 clear days, and 107 partly cloudy days, making a total of 241 sunny days for the year. There were 124 cloudy days, but on some of these the sun undoubtedly appeared for short periods but not enough to list the days as portly cloudy. Two hundred and forty-one sun shiny days is somewhat below normal for La Orande. but considering the rainy year, local observers believe It WILL ROGERS Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Jan. 7 Poor old France and Japan ore about In the same fix. France don't know whether it would be better to jump on Germany and Uric 'em while they can or "will I sit here and wait till they are ready to pounce on me." Japan is on the same spot. They feel they can lick Russia now, or will she wait until Russia Is able to come pounce on them? This thing of Jiving In an ambi tious nation is not what It's cracked up to be. We are glad Mr, Roosevelt announced we had all the country we wanted. In fact, he suggested that If we could get a decent offer he would let some of It go. Yours, e 1934, McN.iieht Syndicate, l7ie. OUTLOOK FOR LIVESTOCK IS FAVORABLE R. L. Clark Discusses Sit uation at Meeting of Blue Mountain Associa tion Saturday. Four directors of the Blue Moun tain Livestock association were re elected late Saturday and, with tlio members of the board already In of fice, will meet next week to elect q flcers. ; . : ', " A large number of farmers Wire In La Grande Saturday for the annual (Continued on Page Four DR. G.L.6IGGERS RE-ELECTED GUN CLUB PRESIDENT Dr. G. L. Blggers was elected to serve another term as president of the La Grande Gun club yesterday at a meeting at 10:30 o'clock at the club house. A. J. Gower was chosen as vice president, Floyd Lannlng, sec retary treasurer; G. C. Headley, range officer, George IClnkead, assistant; Nate Zwelfel, Oscar Poarch, J. H. Peare and Roy Farnnm. members of the legislative committee. - VARIED PROGRAM AT LIONS LUNCH The Lions club, during the lunch eon hour today a& the Sacajawea Inn, enjoyed a varied program. Norman Frees, who has Just re. turned from a' trip to the south, told of his experiences In the Southern California flood and also of the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena New Year's day won by Columbia 7 to 0 from Stanford. Dr. Fred Jones announced an at tendance contest to begin next week In which tho club will be divided into four teams. Fred Henning reported on tho dis tribution of Christmas toys by the Lions and city firemen to needy chil dren at Christmas time. He said that more than 600 children received gifts, and expressed appreciation from the Lions and firemen to business men and Individuals who donated toys. R. O. Williams. In charge of the program, presented the L. H. S. girls' sextet, which sang three numbers, all of which wero vigorously applauded. Walter A. Bean was introduced as a new member and H. A. Russum, of Boise, wad a guest at the luncheon. a good record. September headed the list of months with 23 clear days and five partly clctidy days, with only two cloudy days. June. July and August had IS. 16 and 17 clear days, respec tively, and October was next with 12 clear days. La3t November was the cloudiest month of the year with five partly cloudy days and only two clear days. Last January was second, with five partly cloudy days and four clear days. Ordinarily, La Orande has approxi mately 300 clear and partly cloudy days during the year. PROGRESS OF CHURCH LAST YEAR SHOWN Central Church of Christ Holds Annual 'Meeting Elects Officers. The annual business meeting of the Central Church of Christ was liefcl yesterday at the church. A potluck il Inner was enjoyed at noon nnd the business session was conducted at the tables. There was a largo at tendance and very favorable reports frum ail departments of the 'hurv.li. O. c. Fleshman, cluilrman of the church board, presided. Reports from all departments showed all bills paid, and balances on hand. During the past three months an especially noticeable increase was made In attendance and, llnanciai re ceipts. The Bible school showed an Interestlne growth with an average attendance of 26S for the last quarter of the old year. There were 400 mem bers reported, representing about 226 families. The missionary and bene volent reports showed that a con siderable sum has ibeen given lor tnese purposes during the past .year.. The election of officers ,;?sujied as follows: Elders elected were: W. S. Price, O. O. Fleshmnn, Elmer Miller, O. W. Roberto, E. O. Draper and Henry Win burn. . Deacons: H. P. Greer, A. J. Pyle. Charles Smutz, D. Smutz, George L. Anderson, C. W. Bunting, L. R. Purdy, O. W. Helvey, Vernon DeLong, Red Roberta, Carl Stoop, John Wlnburn, Clen Wallace and Andrew Mullen burg. Deaconesses: Mrs. Henry Wlnburn, Mrs. Nellie HarrlBon, Mrs. Ed Ebell, Mrs. O. W. Helvey, Mrs. Clem Wal lace, -Mrs. Faye Yeskev ' Mm. " Luoy Oreasman, Mrs. Carl Stoop and Mrs. (Continued on Page Two) Circuit Court Opens Trial Of Collins' Case The adjourned session of tho Oct ober term of circuit court opened this morning with the case of tho state vs. Tom Collins being tried before Judge J. W. Knowles, circuit. Judge. Collins Is charged with mak ing false statements to the state in dustrial accident commission to re ceive money from that body. Albert B. Hunter, a member of the commission, and Victor Griggs, from the attorney general's office, are In La Grande In connection with the trial. Judge Knowles has set the cose of the state against Louis May, charged with, non-support, over until the February term of court. Educational Work' Thrives in Forest Army Camps 'Clf All is not reforestation and road work In the Civilian Conservation Corps camps In the far west. MaJ. Oen, Malin Craig has instituted educational work in the camps within the Ninth Corps Area. Here are some of the forest army youths from several camps attending an evening class in automotive mechanics at the For tuna, Calif., high school. Elementary studies, commercial subjects, manual training and advanced mntho . matics are among the courses offered. OREGON LIQUOR STORES NOT TO OPERATE UNTIL COURT CASE IS DECIDED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8 (P) Or ganization of Oregon's liquor control admin istratiou will get underway to day under direction of George L. SammJs and Aaron Holtz, named ad ministrator and organizer, respective ly, by the state liquor control com mission late Saturday. At the same time, appointment of Arch J. . Taur- tellotto as manager of the account ing system was" announced arid ap- pointment of Georgo Neuner as at torney for the commission, were affirmed. A Actual operation of the state liquor control system will not begin until after the court test of the Knox law by the city of Klamath Fails is set tled, organizer Holtz warned Sunday He said he expected settlement of the test case In favor of the state to come within two or three weeks. In the meantime, stores will not be delegated as agents of the state for liquor soles, Alex G, Barry, mem ber of the commission, stated. "A permanent set-up Is what the commission wants to effect," he said. "However, if it develops that this cannot bo expeditiously done, if it is found that to achieve this would necessitate tho lapse of, say. several months, then I believe that the Idea of a temporary set-up to bridge the gap would be worthy of the serious consideration of the committee Holtz, former Portland department store executive, said Sunday that Sammis and he were chiefly con cerned about "a place to hang our hats.1 Actual administration of the WHAT'S THAT? me BIQ QUESTt04 BEFORE US, NOW, MR. PReSlDEMX IS WHAT ARE WE GOAMG TO E0 WITH ALL. OUf? LEISURE TlrvC9 liquor laws will bo handled j from Portland, he Indicated, though the main office will be. at Salem. Appointment of the liquor adminis trators was announced late Saturday afternoon, after the commission, In cluding Chairman George A. McMor ran, Barry and James D. Burns, had interviewed scores of prospects for each Dosltlon during a five-day r''htirtril -' . - - ; CHICAGO'S MILK DELIVERIES STOP CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (A1) Milk de liveries wero halted here today as vio lence flared over a 100-mile area In (Continued on Page Two) England Worries At Strange Drouth LONDON. Jan. 8 (ff Anxiety Is spreading through rural England over the strange phenomenon of a midwinter-drouth. Villages in tho Chll terns which are only about 30 miles from London arc on water rations. In Northamptonshire districts tho scarcity Is acute. LakeB, such as Rudyard in North Staffordshire, have sunk to hitherto unknown levels. III H 1011 CANNON TO STAND TRIAL COURT RULES Supreme Court Upholds Validity ot the Uorrupt . Practices . Act, Also. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (P) The supremo court held today tlutt Klshop Jutucs Cannon! Jr., and Ills secretary, Ada I,. Illirrouglifl, must stand trial on an Indictment cluirglug them with falling to rcjiort contributions re ceived 111 tile churchman's 11)28 fight against Alfred E. Smith Tor president. Tho court upheld tho validity of tho corrupt practices act, requiring reports to; the clerk of tho house, which hod been challenged toy the Southern Methodist churchman. Tho right of Nebraska to regulate tho weight of -loaves of bread was upheld today by the supromo court, which sustained the state's bread loaf law. Tho right of a state to suspend (Continued on Page Four) FRANCE INCREASES AMERICAN QUOTAS PATHS, Jan. 8 (P Franco agreed today to increase threefold tho quo tas on American products as an nounced for the first your, The United States cmboray an nounced tho conclusion of this nr rnngeTncnt whereby the United States will bo exempted from the French policy to reserve three-quarters of Its Import quotas for 'bargaining pur poses as announced at the first of tho year. While tho announced arrangement does not give full satisfaction to Am erican business Interests, It restores tho quotas as they affect tho United States to tho figures ot 1032. Tho aiitomobllo imports still aro hit as tho quota Is based on 1032 figures which wero smaller than tho 1933 imports. Apples and pears wero not Includ ed In the agreements as these two American products already had tooen provided for in a separate arrange ment by which France agreed to Im port 20,000 metric tons (approxima tely 44,000.000 pounds) of these fruits before March 31 in exchange for an Increased American wine quota. Wheat Today The price of html cosh wheat Hi ood nt aiinut B'! cents bulk to day, according to quotation at the rionoor Flouring MHIh. Port land cash lO'i cents. CHICAGO, Jan. 8 T) Awaiting fresh developments at Washington, especially In regard to monetary con dition, groins late today react! from early advances, and held about steady with Saturday's close. A decrease of 2,306.000 bushel in the United States wheat visible sup ply reduced tho total to 122.314.000 bushels compared with 101,082,000 a year ago. Wheat closed ea-ty, unchanged to c lower compared with Saturday's finish, corn unchanged to y4s higher, oats c up, and provisions vary ing from 7c decline to a rlso of 20c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME I'INB PRACTICE I'KOIIIHITED MOKUBNTIIAU IS CONFIitMKU CIIACO WAR IS RESUMED TWO MEN ELECTROCUTED ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 UP) An or der of the federal trade commission prohibiting the Atgonut and eleven other lumber eoniiNinles from sell ing l"onderosa pine as "California wlillo pine" In Interstate commerce was sustained today by the supreme court. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 UP) The nomlimtion of: Henry Morgenthau, Jr., as secretary of the treasury was conflnned today by the senate. ASUNCION, Paraguny, Jan. 8 UP) rue Paraguayan government an nounced officially today that Its army occupied three abandoned Bolivian forts Sundays following the expira tion of the Christmas Armistice with llollvla. BELEFONTE, Va., Jan. 8 VP) Frank stablnsky and Anthony P, Tetrosky were electrocuted today for the slaying of 18-yoar-old Mary Ma. linowskl during a robbory in her homo near Wllkes-Barre more than a year ago. LOS ANOEI.ES, Jan. 8 P) Fay Webb Vallee filed suit here unex pectedly today for iMrorce against Rudy Vallee, the slnger-oroliestra leader. IIASSFIELD, Miss., Jan. 8 P Two children were killed, one was critic ally injured, and more than 20 others suffered Injuries today when a Mis sissippi Central passenger train crash ed Into a school but at a crossing near here. .,. .,, ,. '. . . OFFICERS ROUND UP ALL BUT FOUR OF OUTLAW GANG OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. & UP) Wilbur Undcrhlll, outlaw, died with 13 bullet wounds. Elusive Elmer In- man, a reputed confederate, Is again behind tho bars. And only four of tho southwest's major criminals re main at large as "tho law" continues Its rolontlcss roundup. Undorhlll, co-leader of tho escape of 11 prisoners from tho Kansas state penitentiary on Memorial day, 1933 and wanted for the slaying of four officers and their convict prisoner In Kansas City last June, died late Sat urday night In tho Oklahoma state prison at McAleater, Aftor sevon months at largo following the prison break, the slayer and robber was cap tured at Shawnee, Okla., December 30. A few hours boforo his capture, he fled a raided houso under flro, receiving his fatal wounds. Two alleged survivors of the Under- (Contlnuod On Page Four) SERGE STAVISKY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE OHAMONIX. France. Jan. 8 (T) Sorgo "Handsome Alex" Stavlsky, al leged $40,000,000 swindler, shot him self in tho head today when police surrounded him In a hidden villa. He was at firafc thought to have died Instantly but a hastily summoned physician found a sign of life. A battle Immediately was begun to save Stavlsky from death In! order to turn him over to trial. Application of restoratives brought an apparent consciousness to the man who had ibeen sought for two weeko following tho collapse of the Bay onno pawnshop which ho founded. Later, however, ho lapsed Into a coma and the doctor said he feared tho wound was mortal. HOUSE MAIDS TALK ABOUT MISTRESSES CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. 8 (IP) A group of house maids, meeting' under tho banner of the Household Workers Welfare association, had a fine tlmo Sunday telling each other what their mlstrosscs want for very little money. One lady whose name Is in the blue book borrows hor maid's streot cor pass to go shopping. Another woman has the bed sheets changed every day ond rinsed eleven times so th.it all the soap Is out. A Shaker Heights (Cleveland's aris tocratic suburb) woman, whoso hus band makes 1 6, 000 a year, bought only four pork chops one day a pork chop for each membor of the family. When tho cook mentioned that she had nono, her mistress said: SHARP WORDS r EXCHANGED IN THE SENATE Robinson, Indiana Repub lican, Launches Attack ? On F. R-'s, Message. ; ; BOURBON LEADER , JUMPS INTO FRAY W o o d i n Described As "Money ; Changer" As. Arm-Waving Indianai Goes Into Action. ! - WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 UP, A R-j publican attack on President Roose- velt's annual message as one that-, contained "nothing but glittering generalities" idlrev a quick Demo cratic derense today In the first sen-' ate debate of administration policies. Senator Robinson, Indiana Repub ' llcan, opened the attack on the presi dent, and was quickly charged by Robslnson, of Arkansas, Democratlo leader, with making a "gratuitous, unjust and unfounded attaok on the president." . Citing President Roosevelt's nua- get message predicting a deficit of more than $7,000,000,000, Robinson of Indiana said the prealdentpreWoua ly had either "misrepresented the facts" to the American people or had' been "Ignorant" of the facta. This drew from the Democratic leader an assertion that "No one who Is familiar with the fiscal affairs of the government can contemplate , them without a meassure ot concern j and anxiety." ' . - -r .The Indiana Republican, his arms . waving, and his' voice raised, attacked i the results of the "new deal" and J said that instead of "driving the j money changers from the temple" as ' the president, had promised, ha., actually had "given them a front .' seat." ' (Continued on Page Four) Prince Mdivani In Oregon After Dodging the Law ; PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8 () Whiift his bride, the former Barbara Hutton, $40,000,000 heiress, rested in San. Francisco, Prince Alexis Mdlvunl, of a once royal family of Oeorgia, Russia, paused In Portland today after evad ing a California process server who had temporarily blocked a round-the-world honeymoon the couple had : planned. . . ' Alexis was to continue to Seattle during the day, there presumably to sail for the Hawaiian Islands where It was believed he would meet hie wife. ',.'.!' !,;; . ::;-.kv The couple had engaged passage on a liner sailing Thursday from San Francisco for the Orient. -; -, Neither Alexis nor Huberlclt would discuss the events which led the a cor (ilon scion to circle widely around California, where a process - server waited with a subpoena for the prince as a witness In tho grand theft trial In Los Angeles Jan. 16 of his two brothers. Serge and David, accused of manipulation of oil company stock. Roosevelt Gives v Positions to Two WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (ff) Presi dent Roosevelt today nominated Wal ter M. W. Splawn, former president , of the University of Texas, to the Interstate commerce commission. The president also advanced Wil liam H. Howes, of South Dakota, to be first assistant postmaster general and named Hartee Branch, of Oeorgia, to succeed him aa second assistant postmaster general. "Why, Hilda, you must eat like an elephant." ' One maid stays up until 1 a. m. whenover there Is a party In the houso to help guests put on their galoshes. Another is forced to walk with the baby from 1 1 a. m. to 8 p. m. and miss lunch. One fastidious mistress Insists on having her handkerohlefs ironed on both sides. One maid figured tier wages at 41J cents an hour, "Some houses are like Jnlls," Miss Oollette Kelly, president of the asso ciation, said. A code for domestic sorvants is ; pending in Washington and app.r-, ently the Cleveland maids can hardly wait. '
